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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.