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Armed Forces

Images

  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • The welfare work of the Royal Air Forces Association.
  • Demobilization ration book : soldier, sailor, or airman.
  • National service (armed forces) act, 1939 : grade card.
  • Leave or duty ration book : soldier or sailor.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Instructions for the medical administration of officers and other ranks 1950 : amendments (No.1) / by command of the Army Council, The War Office.

    | Date: 1951
    • Books

    Dictionary of military abbreviations : British-Empire-Commonwealth / by B.K.C. Scott.

    Scott, B. K. C. (Brian Keith Colin) | Date: 1982
    • Books

    Queen and country : same-sex desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-45 / Emma Vickers.

    Vickers, Emma | Date: 2013
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Leave or duty ration book : soldier or sailor.

    | Date: [1919?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    112 Transit camp : camp No. 3 : Haversack ticket... : Supper ticket.

    | Date: [between 1940 and 1945?]
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