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<strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Collections</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />

A prelim<strong>in</strong>ary horizon-scan<br />

Hold<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong>stitution<br />

East Anglian<br />

Film Archive,<br />

Norwich<br />

Glasgow<br />

City Council:<br />

Mitchell Library<br />

and Archive<br />

Hampshire<br />

Records Office<br />

Hampshire<br />

Records Office<br />

Hampshire<br />

Records Office<br />

Lambeth<br />

Archives<br />

Department<br />

London<br />

Metropolitan<br />

Archives<br />

London<br />

Metropolitan<br />

Archives:<br />

Hospital<br />

Archives<br />

Item/ collection L<strong>in</strong>k to website Brief description Region Type of<br />

organisation<br />

Mov<strong>in</strong>g image<br />

archive<br />

Records of<br />

<strong>the</strong> city and<br />

its <strong>in</strong>dustries,<br />

<strong>in</strong> particular<br />

its shipp<strong>in</strong>g<br />

companies.<br />

Royal Naval<br />

Ordnance Depot<br />

archive (109M91)<br />

Hampshire<br />

Photographic<br />

Project:<br />

Hampshire<br />

County Museum<br />

Service land-girl<br />

postcards<br />

Many smaller<br />

items relat<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

families that lived<br />

<strong>in</strong> Hampshire<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong><br />

<strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>.<br />

<strong>First</strong> Surrey<br />

Rifles Association<br />

(1859-1957)<br />

Largest local<br />

authority<br />

archive <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />

cover<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

whole of Greater<br />

London<br />

Archives for over<br />

one hundred<br />

hospitals <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

London region<br />

www.eafa.org.uk/ Mov<strong>in</strong>g image archive<br />

for English counties<br />

of Bedfordshire,<br />

Cambridgeshire, Essex,<br />

Hertfordshire, Norfolk and<br />

Suffolk.<br />

www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Library_<br />

Services/The_Mitchell/<br />

www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/halscollections.htm<br />

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/<br />

DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.<br />

<strong>in</strong>i&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tc<br />

l&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=115&dsqSe<br />

arch=(((text)=’-first’)AND((text)=’world’)<br />

AND((text)=’war-’))<br />

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/<br />

DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.<br />

<strong>in</strong>i&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl<br />

&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=175&dsqSea<br />

rch=(((text)=’-first’)AND((text)=’world’)<br />

AND((text)=’war-’))<br />

www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/<br />

LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/<br />

<strong>Collections</strong>Hold<strong>in</strong>gs.htm<br />

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/<br />

LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/<br />

Records_and_archives/<br />

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/<br />

LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/<br />

Records_and_archives/<br />

Mitchell Library’s Special<br />

<strong>Collections</strong> and Archive.<br />

Papers related to <strong>the</strong><br />

development on Naval<br />

ord<strong>in</strong>ance between 1890<br />

and 1945 <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

development of <strong>the</strong><br />

torpedo.<br />

Sixteen digital images of<br />

women work<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong><br />

land <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> area around<br />

Bas<strong>in</strong>gstoke.<br />

Correspondence, papers<br />

and copy letters relat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to <strong>the</strong> use of Rownhams<br />

House as a hospital dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>.<br />

Battalion orders, news<br />

sheets, files, account<br />

books, m<strong>in</strong>ute books,<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g manuals,<br />

personal collections,<br />

books, magaz<strong>in</strong>es and<br />

photographs.<br />

Records of <strong>the</strong> Greater<br />

London authority,<br />

churches, bus<strong>in</strong>esses,<br />

charities and hospitals <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Greater London area.<br />

Records of <strong>the</strong> hospitals’<br />

build<strong>in</strong>gs, staff and<br />

patients. Includes records<br />

of Guy’s and St Thomas’<br />

Hospitals.<br />

Eastern England Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

Scotland Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

South East Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

South East Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

South East Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

London region Local archive/<br />

museum<br />

London region Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

London region Regional<br />

archive/<br />

museum<br />

Subject area Status Medium Key <strong>in</strong>dividuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Network<strong>in</strong>g Onl<strong>in</strong>e access L<strong>in</strong>k to website Terms of use<br />

All Highly<br />

significant<br />

Naval and<br />

shipp<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Industries and<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

Naval and<br />

shipp<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Agriculture and<br />

food production<br />

Hospitals and<br />

convalescence<br />

Military service<br />

(British)<br />

Government and<br />

politics<br />

Hospitals and<br />

convalescence,<br />

Mental health<br />

Important Private papers,<br />

<strong>in</strong>stitutional<br />

records,<br />

photographic<br />

collections<br />

Film Reg<strong>in</strong>ald Tyrwhitt (1870-<br />

1951)<br />

Early film and c<strong>in</strong>ema: Films dat<strong>in</strong>g from 1896 show life <strong>in</strong> ports like Great<br />

Yarmouth and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> city streets of Norwich. Children’s Mat<strong>in</strong>ee (1914) shows<br />

children crowd<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> entrance to <strong>the</strong> Vaudeville C<strong>in</strong>ema <strong>in</strong> Colchester, Essex.<br />

Films from <strong>the</strong> war years show women replac<strong>in</strong>g men <strong>in</strong> agricultural work,<br />

K<strong>in</strong>g George V <strong>in</strong>spect<strong>in</strong>g soldiers <strong>in</strong> Cambridge, female fire brigade members<br />

at work. Gaumont newsreel film Surrender of U Boats (1918) show German<br />

submar<strong>in</strong>es surrender<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Harwich Force, commanded by Admiral Sir<br />

Reg<strong>in</strong>ald Tyrwhitt, on <strong>the</strong> River Stour. Funeral of Edith Cavell (1919) is a film<br />

shot by a local camera man show<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> procession through <strong>the</strong> streets of<br />

Norwich for <strong>the</strong> nurse executed by <strong>the</strong> Germans <strong>in</strong> 1915 for aid<strong>in</strong>g British<br />

soldiers <strong>in</strong> escap<strong>in</strong>g from occupied Germany. From <strong>the</strong> immediate post-war<br />

period are several films show<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> unveil<strong>in</strong>g of memorials to <strong>the</strong> war dead.<br />

The work of Papworth Hospital and Village Settlement, a Cambridgeshire<br />

community for people with tuberculosis, is recorded through promotional films<br />

from 1918 to 1924 and 1935. Detailed <strong>in</strong>formation guide to <strong>the</strong> archives at: www.<br />

eafa.org.uk/EAFA-collections.pdf<br />

Thomas Lipton (1850-1931) Special <strong>Collections</strong>: North British Locomotive Company (formed <strong>in</strong> 1903 when<br />

three Glasgow companies amalgamated) Photographic Collection. Scottish<br />

Regimental Histories Collection. Sir Thomas Lipton Collection: Photographs<br />

cover<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> life of Sir Thomas Lipton (1850 - 1931), founder of <strong>the</strong> now-famous<br />

tea company. Includes <strong>the</strong> album Sir Thomas Lipton’s Mission to Serbia on<br />

board <strong>the</strong> British Red Cross Hospital Ship - S.Y. Er<strong>in</strong>. 1915. Wo<strong>the</strong>rspoon<br />

collection: 41 folio albums cover<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> development of shipp<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

shipbuild<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> Clyde, <strong>the</strong> West Coast of England and <strong>the</strong> Channel between<br />

1812 and <strong>the</strong> 1930s: portraits, draw<strong>in</strong>gs, watercolours. Archive collections:<br />

Belgian Refugees, 1914-1920: List of names, addresses and occupations for<br />

8,000 Belgian refugees that arrived <strong>in</strong> Glasgow <strong>in</strong> 1914 (available to download<br />

as PDF). Clyde Navigation Trust photographs that <strong>in</strong>clude views of shipbuild<strong>in</strong>g<br />

sites on <strong>the</strong> Clyde. Shipbuild<strong>in</strong>g archives for <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g companies: Ardrossan<br />

Dockyard Ltd, Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, George Brown & Co (Mar<strong>in</strong>e) Ltd, Charles<br />

Connell & Co Ltd, Fairfield Shipbuild<strong>in</strong>g & Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Co Ltd, A&J Inglis Ltd,<br />

John G K<strong>in</strong>caid & Co Ltd, Hugh McLean & Sons Ltd, Langmuir Collection, Clyde<br />

Paddlesteamers. On VirtualMitchell: Photographs of women war workers and<br />

Stobhill Hospital.<br />

Important Public records A series of gun logs conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g summaries of <strong>the</strong> operation of nearly every gun<br />

used by <strong>the</strong> Royal Navy between 1900 and 19150. Includes handbooks, draw<strong>in</strong>gs,<br />

plans and photographs.<br />

Regular Photographic<br />

collections<br />

For example: Bas<strong>in</strong>gstoke area: women land-workers (with a small boy) bal<strong>in</strong>g<br />

hay with <strong>the</strong> aid of a Ruston mechanical hay-baler, c. 1915.<br />

Regular Private papers Includes letters to Lord Ab<strong>in</strong>ger and Lady Ab<strong>in</strong>ger from Miss Lilian Laforce,<br />

Commandant of Hants V.A.D. 200; George Twiss, St. John’s Ambulance<br />

Association, Southampton, A.G. Tate, Nutfield Nurs<strong>in</strong>g, Hants and Romsey Rural<br />

District Council.<br />

Regular Public records<br />

and photographic<br />

collections<br />

Important Public records,<br />

<strong>in</strong>stitutional<br />

records,<br />

photographic<br />

collections,<br />

private papers<br />

Important Public records<br />

and photographic<br />

collections<br />

Text from Access2Archives: Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Great <strong>War</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> Surrey Rifles fought<br />

with great gallantry and dist<strong>in</strong>ction, and also with tragic loss. With<strong>in</strong> weeks of<br />

<strong>the</strong> outbreak of war, a second l<strong>in</strong>e Battalion was formed; and later a third l<strong>in</strong>e<br />

as well. <strong>the</strong> 1/21st served cont<strong>in</strong>uously on <strong>the</strong> Western Front from March 1915<br />

to <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> war. At <strong>the</strong> battle of High Wood on <strong>the</strong> Somme <strong>in</strong> September<br />

1916, <strong>the</strong> Battalion was all but annihilated, and only some 60 men came out<br />

unsca<strong>the</strong>d. The 2/21st embarked from France <strong>in</strong> June 1916 and after service<br />

on <strong>the</strong> Western Front until November of that year, it went onto Macedonia<br />

and Salonika. It <strong>the</strong>n went to Egypt and Palest<strong>in</strong>e, and took part <strong>in</strong> Allenby’s<br />

campaign, and was present at Gaza, Jericho, Jerusalem, and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jordan<br />

Valley. The 3/21st was a Home Service Battalion, and never served overseas, but<br />

tra<strong>in</strong>ed re<strong>in</strong>forcements for <strong>the</strong> 1/21st and 2/21st.<br />

Records of <strong>the</strong> local authority departments and committees like <strong>the</strong> Education<br />

department and <strong>the</strong> <strong>War</strong> Emergency Committee. Pamphlets and circulars<br />

issued by <strong>the</strong> local authority for example air raid circulars issued to schools.<br />

London bus<strong>in</strong>esses like chemists, brewers and banks. Charitable organisations<br />

for example <strong>the</strong> London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund, <strong>War</strong> Refugees<br />

Committee, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association, Invalid Meals For<br />

London. Records for parishes, diocese and specific churches. Private papers of<br />

London-based families. Details of war memorials giv<strong>in</strong>g locations, funds and<br />

names to be engraved. Photographic collections of London dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong><br />

<strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>. Guildhall Library: Stock Exchange archives and pr<strong>in</strong>ted collections,<br />

Lloyd’s of London archive and pr<strong>in</strong>ted collections, St. Paul’s Ca<strong>the</strong>dral archives,<br />

Christ’s Hospital archives and <strong>the</strong> City of London Livery Company archives.<br />

Records of hospitals with<strong>in</strong> Greater London, for <strong>in</strong>stance Guy’s and St Thomas’<br />

hospital group. The records of St Thomas’ <strong>in</strong>cludes copies of <strong>the</strong> ‘Magaz<strong>in</strong>e<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Fifth London (City of London) General Hospital - St Thomas’. This was<br />

<strong>the</strong> military section of <strong>the</strong> hospital dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>. The magaz<strong>in</strong>e<br />

<strong>in</strong>cludes lists of military patients. O<strong>the</strong>r examples: Westm<strong>in</strong>ster Hospital group,<br />

Brook General Hospital, Woolwich, St Giles’ Hospital, Camberwell, St Luke’s<br />

Hospital, General Ly<strong>in</strong>g-In Hospital, Hospital for Diseases of <strong>the</strong> Sk<strong>in</strong>, Royal<br />

Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women, South London Hospital for Women<br />

and Children, Moorfields Eye Hospital and <strong>the</strong> Metropolitan Ear, Nose and<br />

Throat Hospital. Also <strong>in</strong>cludes hospitals for <strong>the</strong> mentally ill like Darenth Adult<br />

Asylum, Hanwell Asylum and Lambeth Hospital.<br />

Page 29<br />

The Archive Centre, Mart<strong>in</strong>eau<br />

Lane, Norwich: Open<strong>in</strong>g by<br />

arrangement. Contact <strong>the</strong> archive<br />

for fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />

The Mitchell Library: Monday -<br />

Thursday: 9am - 8pm, Friday and<br />

Saturday: 9am - 5pm. Archive<br />

Open<strong>in</strong>g Hours: Monday: 9am<br />

- 5pm, Tuesday: 9am - 8pm,<br />

Wednesday - Friday: 9am - 5pm<br />

and Saturday by appo<strong>in</strong>tment.<br />

Enquiries regard<strong>in</strong>g archive<br />

material should be sent to<br />

archives@glasgowlife.org.uk<br />

Hampshire Record Office, Sussex<br />

Street, W<strong>in</strong>chester, SO23 8TH:<br />

Monday-Wednesday: 9am - 5pm,<br />

Thursday: 9am - 8pm, Friday: 9am<br />

- 5pm and Saturday: 9am - 4pm.<br />

Contact <strong>the</strong> archive by telephone<br />

on 01962 846154 or by email at<br />

enquiries.archives@hants.gov.uk<br />

Hampshire Record Office, Sussex<br />

Street, W<strong>in</strong>chester, SO23 8TH:<br />

Monday-Wednesday: 9am - 5pm,<br />

Thursday: 9am - 8pm, Friday: 9am<br />

- 5pm and Saturday: 9am - 4pm.<br />

Contact <strong>the</strong> archive by telephone<br />

on 01962 846154 or by email at<br />

enquiries.archives@hants.gov.uk<br />

Hampshire Record Office, Sussex<br />

Street, W<strong>in</strong>chester, SO23 8TH:<br />

Monday-Wednesday: 9am - 5pm,<br />

Thursday: 9am - 8pm, Friday: 9am<br />

- 5pm and Saturday: 9am - 4pm.<br />

Contact <strong>the</strong> archive by telephone<br />

on 01962 846154 or by email at<br />

enquiries.archives@hants.gov.uk<br />

Lambeth Archives at M<strong>in</strong>et Library,<br />

52 Knatchbull Road, London, SE5<br />

9QY: Monday: 1pm – 8pm, Tuesday<br />

and Thursday: 10am – 6pm, Friday:<br />

10am – 1pm and Saturday: 9am<br />

– 5pm. Closed Wednesday and<br />

Saturday. Appo<strong>in</strong>tment necessary.<br />

Contact <strong>the</strong> library by telephone<br />

on 020 7926 6076 or by email at<br />

archives@lambeth.gov.uk<br />

London Metropolitan Archives, 40<br />

Northampton Road, Clerkenwell,<br />

London, EC1R 0HB: Open<strong>in</strong>g hours:<br />

Monday: 9.30am - 4.45pm, Tuesday<br />

- Thursday: 9.30am - 7.30pm and<br />

open occasionally on Saturdays.<br />

Users need to register for a History<br />

Card, which allows <strong>the</strong>m to access<br />

orig<strong>in</strong>al documents. This can be<br />

done onl<strong>in</strong>e or <strong>in</strong> person at <strong>the</strong><br />

Archives. Contact <strong>the</strong> Archives by<br />

telephone on 020 7332 3820 or by<br />

email at ask.lma@cityoflondon.<br />

gov.uk. Some of <strong>the</strong> archives<br />

are held at <strong>the</strong> Guildhall Library:<br />

Open<strong>in</strong>g Hours: Monday – Saturday:<br />

9:30am – 4.45pm.<br />

London Metropolitan Archives, 40<br />

Northampton Road, Clerkenwell,<br />

London, EC1R 0HB: Open<strong>in</strong>g hours:<br />

Monday: 9.30am - 4.45pm, Tuesday<br />

- Thursday: 9.30am - 7.30pm and<br />

open occasionally on Saturdays.<br />

Users need to register for a History<br />

Card, which allows <strong>the</strong>m to access<br />

orig<strong>in</strong>al documents. This can be<br />

done onl<strong>in</strong>e or <strong>in</strong> person at <strong>the</strong><br />

Archives. Contact <strong>the</strong> Archives by<br />

telephone on 020 7332 3820 or by<br />

email at ask.lma@cityoflondon.<br />

gov.uk<br />

http://twitter.com/#!/EAFilmArchive<br />

www.facebook.com/pages/East-Anglian-<br />

Film-Archive-EAFA/117774111570705<br />

Contact<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation<br />

None specific to <strong>the</strong> collection Digitised<br />

content<br />

http://twitter.com/#!/HantsArchives Searchable<br />

catalogue<br />

http://twitter.com/#!/HantsArchives Searchable<br />

catalogue<br />

http://twitter.com/#!/HantsArchives Searchable<br />

catalogue<br />

None specific to <strong>the</strong> collection Full catalogue<br />

list<strong>in</strong>g available<br />

via <strong>the</strong> National<br />

Archives’<br />

Access to<br />

Archives page<br />

www.flickr.com/photos/<br />

londonmetropolitanarchives/ http://<br />

twitter.com/#!/LdnMetArchives<br />

www.facebook.com/pages/London-<br />

Metropolitan-Archives/132408150128712<br />

www.flickr.com/photos/<br />

londonmetropolitanarchives/ http://<br />

twitter.com/#!/LdnMetArchives<br />

www.facebook.com/pages/London-<br />

Metropolitan-Archives/132408150128712<br />

Searchable<br />

catalogue<br />

Searchable<br />

catalogue<br />

Telephone: +44 (0)1603 592664. Email:<br />

eafa@uea.ac.uk<br />

www.mitchelllibrary.org/<br />

virtualmitchell/<br />

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/<br />

DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.<br />

<strong>in</strong>i&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.<br />

tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=<br />

0&dsqSearch=(((text)=’royal’)<br />

AND((text)=’naval’)AND((text)=’ordnance’)<br />

AND((text)=’depot’))<br />

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/<br />

Search%20all.htm<br />

http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServe/<br />

Search%20all.htm<br />

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/<br />

records.aspx?cat=088-iv36&cid=-1#-1<br />

http://search.lma.gov.<br />

uk/scripts/mwima<strong>in</strong>.<br />

dll?patronlog<strong>in</strong>&application=LMA_<br />

ANONYM&language=144&file=[LMA]<br />

simple_search_anonym.htm<br />

http://search.lma.gov.<br />

uk/scripts/mwima<strong>in</strong>.<br />

dll?patronlog<strong>in</strong>&application=LMA_ANO<br />

NYM&language=144&file=%5bLMA%5dsi<br />

mple_search_anonym.htm<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

This selection of images can<br />

be enlarged, emailed or copies<br />

ordered onl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

Digitised copies available on<br />

request.<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e. Reference numbers<br />

allow users to enquire about<br />

view<strong>in</strong>g or o<strong>the</strong>rwise research<strong>in</strong>g<br />

specific items.<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e. Reference numbers<br />

allow users to enquire about<br />

view<strong>in</strong>g or o<strong>the</strong>rwise research<strong>in</strong>g<br />

specific items.<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e. Guide to <strong>the</strong> archives:<br />

www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/<br />

rdonlyres/4660B252-EA23-<br />

4C85-9F9C-92B02A1C5EE8/0/<br />

ArchiveGuide0505.pdf<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

No digitised content available<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e. Access Restrictions:<br />

These records are open to public<br />

<strong>in</strong>spection, although under<br />

section 5(4) of <strong>the</strong> 1958 Public<br />

Records Act adm<strong>in</strong>istrative<br />

records are closed for 30 years<br />

and patient records for 100<br />

years.

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