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Quarter-plate. On the Mayo, Royal India Marine. The cutter being lowered in this picture was the boat during which the last manoeuvres was successfully dragged, on wheels taken from a gun carriage, over the isthmus, and relaunched to attack Aden from the land side.

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155 x 203 mm. From left to right: The Sultan Fadhl bin Ali al Abdali, Sultan of Lanej (Minister of Defence and Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Southern Arabia); Mr. V. K. Joshi (Minister of Works, Aden); Sharif Hussain bin Ahmad al Habili (Minister of the Interior, Southern Arabia); Mr. H.A. Bayoomi (Minister of Labour and Local Government, Aden).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'At the waterside below the barren sun scorched rocks of Aden lie the dhow building and repair yards. This picture, taken in the month of December, shows dhows being got ready for their annual trip to East Africa in January.'

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Two magnificent ocean-going dhows being got ready for their annual visit to East Africa.'

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Quarter-plate.

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210 x 160 mm.

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Part of a book left incomplete on the author's death. The title, introduction, glossary and index were supplied by the author's daughter, Mrs Rosamond Griffin. The full title is 'From Aden ... to Quetta ... to Lahore ... to Delhi ... to Quetta: the peripatetic life of one army household between 1910 and 1917'. The memoir contains descriptions of train journeys in India and the accommodation, domestic arrangements and social amenities of army families in the early twentieth century.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the rest of visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. Subjects include: visits to Aden, Cairo, and Corfu on the return journey to the U.K., with arrival in London on May 8, 1906. Appended are photographs taken during the visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Madrid for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena (May 31,...

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Quarter-plate.

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A view showing the 'Indrawadi' at anchor with the hills of Adan in the distance.

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Copies of letters from John Goepel to his parents written during his time in Aden, April-November 1939, 38 pages. There are 11 photographs illustrating the text. On the inside cover are manuscript maps. The letters discuss Goepel's duties, which were complicated by rivalries between local rulers. They are preceded by an introduction dated 11 February 1984.

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This section includes archives received at a later date from Hugh Bryson and some items acquired directly by the Royal Commonwealth Society.

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Xerox copies of letters of 1921-1927 describing Hartley's impressions of life in the countries he visited and of his military duties. There is an accompanying list of his letters of 1917-1927, from which this selection was made.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Seen from the Mayo.

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350 x 250 mm.

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160 x 210 mm.

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Quarter-plate.

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Quarter-plate. Taken from end of the lower boom, on the Mayo, Royal India Marine.

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A view showing a large steamer moving towards her anchorage with the mountains of Adan in the background.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). The caption continues, 'Lascar boys drill on the Mayo'.

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Manuscript and typescript reports by Wheeler and others on Aden routes, with a sketch map of the area. The papers include Wheeler's report on the best road from Aden to Dthala for a force accompanied by artillery on wheels, with a covering letter to D.A.A.G., Aden, 13 November 1902, 22 pages. The other items include a diary and itinerary of Route Sanah to Dthala by the Wadi Tiban, Wadi Tabaghain and Sueda, 1-10 May 1905, 14 pages, and similar reports.