This collection contains official military documents, photographs, posters, maps and plans from medieval times up to the Cold War of the 1950s. There is also some material on foreign conflicts which the British were involved in.
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Thomas Erpyngham's account of wages of soldiers engaged in the French war
Plan of the Battle of Culloden, 1746
Anglo-Zulu War: Rorke's House at Rorke's Drift, 1879
War Office Records of Military HQ, China: Boxer rebellion, 1900
British soldiers at dinner in camp, Aldershot,
1889
Cold War: signature of Kim Philby on a top secret document, 1946
Cold War: security poster, 1960s
Cold War: 'The Hydrogen Bomb' poster, 1960s
Cold War: civil defence accommodation: London, 1950s
Cold War: zones of occupation and administration of Greater Berlin, 1944-1945
Cold War: Wing Commander briefing the bomber wing during the Suez crisis, 1956
Cold War: British Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany: 'nark' caught in the act, 1970
Thomas Erpyngham's account of wages of soldiers engaged in the French war
Plan of the Battle of Culloden, 1746
Anglo-Zulu War: Rorke's House at Rorke's Drift, 1879
War Office Records of Military HQ, China: Boxer rebellion, 1900
British soldiers at dinner in camp, Aldershot, 
Cold War: signature of Kim Philby on a top secret document, 1946
Cold War: security poster, 1960s
Cold War: 'The Hydrogen Bomb' poster, 1960s
Cold War: civil defence accommodation: London, 1950s
Cold War: zones of occupation and administration of Greater Berlin, 1944-1945
Cold War: Wing Commander briefing the bomber wing during the Suez crisis, 1956
Cold War: British Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany: 'nark' caught in the act, 1970