War memorials - England

Date: ca 1914-1919

From: Lawrie, G :Photographs and postcards relating to nursing in World War I

By: Lawrie, G (Mrs), active 1976; Oliver & Walker (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0400-1

Description: Photographs of nurses during and just after the First World War: a group photograph of 77 nurses taken on a tennis court; nurses in fancy dress (the names are Milne, Boyd, Neal, Parker, Spragg, Sister Sisley, Williams, Gallagher, Chappell, Sisters Jackman and Young, Tilly, Naera and Edgerton); a studio portrait of a nurse; a nurse in St Antonio Gardens (location uncertain but possibly Egypt) holding a bouquet of orange blossom; the stall of a sugar cane and fruit seller in Alexandria, Egypt; and eight photographs of army huts in Hornchurch and others of the surrounding area in the snow but including one of the cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted and loose prints

Date: 1924

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-1-013

Description: Sketch of the war memorial erected in 1921 to commemorate the residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington who lost their lives in World War One. At the top of a hexagonal column shaft is a highly ornamented tabernancle, a gilded bronze orb, crucifix and Corpus Christi. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 185 x 130 mm

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1934

Reference: Eph-D-BRITISH-004

Description: Shows three images: Lithograph of the Empire Field of Remembrance beside Westminster Abbey, printed in the British Legion Poppy Factory The Cross of Remembrance printed beside a collaged petal of the "Haig" Poppy. The Prince of Wales also requested that the British Legion Poppy Factory send the petals to Empire Ex-Service organisations, in January 1934. A photograph of the Prince of Wales laying the "Haig" Poppy at he Empire Field of Remembrance. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 13.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Lithograph, college and photograph, mounted in mat 595 x 305 mm.

Date: 13 May 1994

From: The Merchant Navy story

By: Barron, Charles Louis, 1926-2015

Reference: OHInt-0321-02

Description: Lou Barron was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1926. Talks about family moving to Birkenhead, near Liverpool. Recalls first trip to sea in 1940 on the Lech and being bombed in the North Sea. Details duties on the Duchess of Bedford, a troopship for the Middle East and taking part in the evacuation of Singapore in 1942. Mentions other Duchess boats and the shipping pool. Describes joining the Gloucester Castle, a hospital ship in World War I, and gives full details about its sinking by the German raider Michel. Recalls being wounded and captured by Germans on the raider, transfer to supply ship and taken to Singapore. Mentions Captain von Ruckteschell, the raider's captain, later tried as war criminal. Details work and conditions at Lo Yang camp in Johore Strait and 18th birthday there. Describes Changi Jail conditions, working parties and working conditions, construction of Changi airfield, illnesses, rationing, rood and cooking, merchant seamen in Changi Jail, entertainment, treatment of prisoners by Japanese sailors, Japanese and Korean guards. Details events after the surrender of Japan. Mentions secret camp radio. Describes air drops of paratroopers, medical supplies and food, medical examination and interrogation, and repatriation to the United Kingdom on board the Monowai. Mentions war experience of father, also a seaman. Recalls homecoming, going back to sea on the tramp ship Empire Austin, then the Saminver, coming ashore in Dunedin and later work. Mentions skiffle group on the Aldington Court. Discusses involvement in Prisoners of War Association in New Zealand and Far Eastern POW Association in United Kingdom, visit to London in 1993 and Merchant Navy War Memorial on Tower Hill, changes in Liverpool and Birkenhead. Talks about numbers of survivors, meeting other survivors, feelings about the Japanese and Germans, dealing with experiences as a POW. Mentions Harold Baker. Interviewer(s) - Stan Kirkpatrick Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4441. Search dates: 1994

Date: 2012

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-2012-01

Description: Includes order of service and a more comprehensive booklet with historical details about the activities of Bomber Command during the Second World War. New Zealand pilots and airmen were involved in these activities. Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, 210 x 148 mm. Provenance: Donated by Derek Leask, New Zealand High Commissioner in London, in 2012.

Date: 1934

Reference: Eph-D-BRITISH-003

Description: Three pages: A plan of the Empire Field of Remembrance near Westminster Abbey showing the plots laid around the Cross of the Unknown Warrior. The central triangular area contains memorials to the Middlesex Regiment, London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers and King's Royal Rifles. At lower left is the area commemorating African, Indian, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian troops. The central panel of text gives factual background. The third panel lists the abbreviated names of regiments, and a key to their location. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 13.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Offset prints mounted on wooden backing, total size 600 x 310 mm.

Date: 1927

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8643-22

Description: Letters, cards and financial papers to Siegfried Eichelbaum. Not all correspondents indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1922

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8643-17

Description: Letters, cards and financial papers to Siegfried Eichelbaum, both from USA and New Zealand. Not all correspondents indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0002678

Description: Prime Minister, Helen Clark, is making a speech at the opening of the New Zealand Memorial in Hyde Park on Armistice Day 11 november 2006. She notices that Prince Charles is asleep and thinks that if she can manage to make a speech after the 12,000 mile trip then he should be able to stay awake to hear it. The Queen, sitting next to Prince Charles, thinks that he should paint eyes on his eyelids like his father did. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [1914-1919]

By: Pursehouse, Richard, active 2008

Reference: PADL-000527

Description: Photographs relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War I, including an ANZAC ceremony at Brocton; grave of Freda, mascot of New Zealand Rifles; and the Messines model Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 digital photograph(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s).