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Scrapbook 1, March 1914 - July 1916

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/Add.9948/1/1

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook consisting of maps, newspaper cuttings, army forms, poems and illustrations; by or in regard to Samuel James Paget pre-war, during service and leave in World War I.

Map. Print. Northern France, including the River Somme, Abeville, Arras, Cambrai, Amiens, St Quentin

Newspaper cutting: The Wykehamist. Latin. Author: Samuel James Paget. 31 March.1914

Newspaper cutting: Sixteen Club, c. 1914

Telegram: Regarding uniform been sent from Harrods, c.1914

Newspaper cutting: “Kitchener’s Army. Norfolk Business Co. at Colchester. Praised by the O.C.”

Photograph: Portraits of Winchester College Rugby team (XV) 1911 – 1913

Photograph: Action shots of Winchester College Rugby team (XV) in play 1913

Telegram: To The Bishop of Stepney regarding Senior New College, c.1913

Photograph: Portraits of Winchester College Cricket Team 1913 and scorecard for Eton v. Winchester (1914)

Photograph: Action shots of the Portmadoc House Show 1913

Newspaper cutting: “Welcoming the May at a famous public school on the Ramparts” Winchester College; Daily Sketch, 2 May, 1914

Newspaper cuttings of Winchester College Cricket Teams’ matches against other institutions, notably between Winchester College and Eton, c.1914

Photograph: Action shots of Winchester v. Eton cricket match 1914

Photograph: Portrait of Winchester College Officers 1914

Photograph: Portrait of Regiment, c.1914 – 1915

Newspaper cuttings: Infantry list, c.1914 – 1915

Photograph: Portrait of Samuel James Paget in uniform

Battalion Orders: 11 March, 1915. Orders by Colonel Briggs, commanding 8th (service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment, “Meanee” Barracks, Colchester

Photograph: Portraits of Sergeants, c. 1915

Photograph: Action shots of 8th Norfolk Regiment. Brigade training, 1915

Newspaper cutting: “Our Imaginative Army. A Fantasia on Operation Orders”, c.1915

Photograph: Reproduction photographs of French locations, including bombed architecture, c.1914 - 1915

Army Forms, c. 1915

Poem: Corporal Kennedy on “Those Rumours”; France, Oct.1915

Newspaper cutting: “British Official Messages. La Boiselle Captured” 4 July.1916

Map: Hand drawn. Defence of La Boisselle, Artillery Reference Points

Map: Hand drawn. La Boisselle area, September.1915

Illustration: “My Headquarters”, c.1915 – 1916

Newspaper cutting: “Raiding the German Front Line. British and Enemy Explosions.” 3 January 1916

Illustration: View from billet, 1916

Illustration: “The Gas Merchant”, 14 June 1916

Photograph: Sergeants, “D” Cog, May 1916

Newspaper cutting: “Sir Douglas Haig’s Dispatch. 4,800 Names Mentioned”, The Times, June 16, 1916

Newspaper cutting: “Letters from the Front”, The Wykehamist, c.1916

Photograph: 4th Army School Cricket Team, c.1916

Newspaper cutting: Cricket scorecard of 3rd Army School v. 4th Army School, played in France, June 18, 1916[?]

Newspaper cuttings: Copies of Telegraphic Dispatches, 8 July 1916, 10 July 1916, and “Fierce Fighting for Trones Wood” 11 July 1916

Illustrations: Detailing Trones Wood and surrounding landscape, including notes on gun positions, c. July 1916

Newspaper cuttings: “More Villages Taken. Trones Wood Cleared” 14 July 1916[?]; “4 Mile Front Broken Into” The Times, 15 July 1916[?]; “from Our Special Correspondent” 25 July 1916[?]; “All Delville Wood Captured. Enemy Driven Out of Longueval” c. July 1916; “Capture of Mametz Wood” The Times, 14 July 1916

Dates

  • Creation: March 1914 - July 1916

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

1 collection (1 bound scrapbook)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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