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Francis Gerald St John's log book kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Constance, Tamar and Pilot, predominantly in the China Seas, illustrated throughout with watercolour, ink and pencil views, nautical charts, and technical drawings.
Francis Gerald St John's journal book kept when with the training squadron on HMS Rover, Ruby and Howe, predominantly in the Caribbean, illustrated throughout with watercolour, ink and pencil views, nautical charts, and technical drawings. There are some notes written in pencil and ink at the ba...
Francis Gerald St John's journal book kept when with the training squadron on HMS Volage and Arethusa, predominantly in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, illustrated throughout with memorabilia. There are some notes and technical drawings at the back of the volume.
Francis Gerald St John's diary kept when with the Mediterranean training squadron on HMS Arethusa, illustrated throughout with drawings, memorabilia and photographs. The diary contains some items written in French and Greek.
Stratford Allan Gerald St John's journal kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Nelson and Argus, predominantly in the home waters, illustrated throughout with pencil, ink and watercolour views, nautical charts, and technical drawings.
Stratford Allan Gerald St John's journal kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Nelson and Watchman, in the home waters and the Caribbean, illustrated throughout with pencil, ink and watercolour views, nautical charts, technical drawings, and a photograph of Nelson entering Portsmouth Harbour i...
Second Scrapbook of the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society
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Second of two scrapbooks compiled by the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society (CLOGS) relating to its activities producing Gilbert & Sullivan plays and other light operas for the Anglo Indian community of Calcutta. The scrapbook includes programmes for the productions, typescript descript...
John Guise journal of service in Crimea and East Asia
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An extensive diary written by John Christopher Guise covering his service with his regiment in Crimea and East Asia over 4 Jan 1856 to 31 Jul 1857. This volume details a period of garrison life in Mullingar due to illness after some service in Crimea. He was then moved to Valetta and returned to ...
A small diary by John Christopher Guise covering his service with his regiment in India over 20 Feb - 30 Jul 1858. This volume deals with the Indian Mutiny but begins several months after the battle in Lucknow for which Guise was awarded the Victoria Cross. It does however record him learning of ...
Newspaper cuttings relating to the British Expedition to Tibet
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Cuttings from the Daily Mail and The Outlook containing articles by Edmund Candler sent home in his role as correspondent of the British Expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband Expedition.