108 x 152 mm. A portrait of Ernest Gedge, wearing checked trousers and a Norfolk jacket and leaning against an open French window.

151 x 108 mm. Showing Ernest Gedge drawing a longbow, with an archery target standing behind him.

190 x 240 mm. A full length portrait of Gedge in safari clothes with a rifle in one hand. This is a studio portrait taken against a painted backdrop with props such as a tree trunk and branches in the foreground. From the heaviness of Gedge’s beard and the obviously old state of his clothes, it is likely that the photograph was taken shortly after one of his several African journeys of the 1890s.

152 x 108 mm. Showing Ernest Gedge seated in a conservatory reading a book, with a small dog resting on his lap.

210 x 160 mm. glossy print.

252 x 202 mm.

252 x 202 mm.

252 x 202 mm.

100 x 142 mm.

Quarter-plate.

281 x 229 mm. A view across the lawn, largely taken up by a tennis court, towards the back of the house. A family group is posed on a bench beneath a tree to the left of the back door.

70 x 103 mm.

210 x 157 mm. Group photograph of the police officers. Identified on the reverse of the print are: Inspector Tun HAMZAH; Chief Inspector Arjan SINGH; Assistant Superintendent Lim Swee TENG; Deputy Superintendent Wan ABDULRAHMAN; Senior Assistant Commissioner Thomas Quartus GAFFIKIN 91907-), officer commanding contingent; Assistant Superintendent HILLIER; Lieutenant CHARLTON; Special Constabulary Inspector Abdul WAHAB; Sergeant Mohamed ZAIN.

This collection illustrates the experience of the RCS during the Second World War. It also documents the festival held to mark the completion of the post-war restoration of the headquarters in 1957 and the celebrations organised for the society's centenary in 1968.

78 x 55 mm.

This film (part one of a two-part film) records the Royal party leaving Buckingham Palace on January 31st 1947 to cheering crowds and boarding a train at Waterloo Station for Portsmouth. It records the Royal party boarding HMS Vanguard, entertainment on deck during the voyage, and their arrival at Cape Town on February 17th 1947.

45 x 65mm. Showing rocks on the coastline.

149 x 101 mm colour print.

222 x 157 mm. Original mounted print showing all participants, who are identified on the mount, grouped outside the Colonial Office.

Contains prints of various sizes by various photographers, including Taunt's, R.F. Taylor of Cardiff, Whitworth and Co. Categories are: numbers 1-5: the work of the Post Office; 6-12: typical English scenes; 13-15 railway locomotives; 16-25: shipbuilding and naval.

Reproductions of prints by the English artist. The slide containing Plate 3 of The Harlot's Progress is missing. The collection also includes an engraving of Henry Fuseli's painting Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene 1

155 x 115 mm. A view showing a flock of geese being driven across the cobbled street into Darlington market. Photograph by Cuthbert Christy.

238 x 181 mm. A view showing pedestrians and shop keepers standing in flooded Walton Road, East Molesy. Photographer unknown, possibly W.H. Deakin, whose studio is featured in the photographs.

The committee was established in 1935 and suspended its activities in 1940. The file contains minutes, correspondence, texts of speeches and lists of members.

204 x 156 mm. Showing Astley Lloyd Blair, aged 27 in 1964, standing on the steps of Gloucester Police Headquarters after being appointed a Special Constable.