MS 927
Reference code
MS 927
Title
Second World War papers of Sergeant Annie Gouk
Level
Sub-fonds
Administrative / Biographical history
Annie Gouk was part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S), the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. She was one of the first service women to land in France and served as the mess steward to Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery. After her marriage, her name became Mrs Annie B. Targett.
Date
1938-1948
Extent & medium
2 boxes
Content description
The papers were collected by Sgt Annie Gouk, while on active service during the Second World War and contains:
- Photograph album/ scrapbook complied by Gouk, and covering the years 1939-1945. It contains photographs taken throughout her wartime service, news cuttings concerning her wartime role, letters she received, and Christmas cards received during the war. Gouk has dated and annotated the volume throughout
- Blue folder containing various personal and ephemeral items, including photographs of Gouk taken during the war, letters she received after the war ended, an invitation and a menu card from The Embassy, Berlin for a dinner given on the occasion of the marriage on Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Louis Mountbatten; and copies of Gouk’s birth, marriage and death certificates
- Blue folder containing letters to Sgt. Annie Gouk, dated 1942-1945, including official correspondence relating to her role as the mess steward for 21st Army Group.
- Autograph album, where Gouk has collected signatures from members of the 21st Army Group and other notable persons she met while on duty. A photograph accompanies some of the signatures. Persons identified include: William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury; Field Marshal J.C. Smuts; Captain Harris; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Prince Olav of Norway; Frank Newton-Smith, Lord Mayor of London; B.L. Montgomery
- Copy of ‘Ten Chapters 1942-1945’ by B.L. Montgomery, the copy was given by Montgomery personally to Gouk in 1945
- Three service medals belonging to Sgt Annie Gouk. The medals include the War Medal 1939–1945 (awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces at some point during the Second World War); the France and Germany Star (specifically for service in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or Germany); and the Defence Medal (awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian service during the Second World War)
- Photograph album/ scrapbook complied by Gouk, and covering the years 1939-1945. It contains photographs taken throughout her wartime service, news cuttings concerning her wartime role, letters she received, and Christmas cards received during the war. Gouk has dated and annotated the volume throughout
- Blue folder containing various personal and ephemeral items, including photographs of Gouk taken during the war, letters she received after the war ended, an invitation and a menu card from The Embassy, Berlin for a dinner given on the occasion of the marriage on Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Louis Mountbatten; and copies of Gouk’s birth, marriage and death certificates
- Blue folder containing letters to Sgt. Annie Gouk, dated 1942-1945, including official correspondence relating to her role as the mess steward for 21st Army Group.
- Autograph album, where Gouk has collected signatures from members of the 21st Army Group and other notable persons she met while on duty. A photograph accompanies some of the signatures. Persons identified include: William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury; Field Marshal J.C. Smuts; Captain Harris; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Prince Olav of Norway; Frank Newton-Smith, Lord Mayor of London; B.L. Montgomery
- Copy of ‘Ten Chapters 1942-1945’ by B.L. Montgomery, the copy was given by Montgomery personally to Gouk in 1945
- Three service medals belonging to Sgt Annie Gouk. The medals include the War Medal 1939–1945 (awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces at some point during the Second World War); the France and Germany Star (specifically for service in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or Germany); and the Defence Medal (awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian service during the Second World War)
Provenance
The collection was assembled by Sergeant Annie Gouk during the Second World War and acquired by the library in 2001.
Associated material
This collection is part of a larger collection of Second World War papers held by Eton College Library. The other collections are:
MS 436: Second World War papers of John Henderson, principally relating to Field Marshal B.L Montgomery
MS 928: Second World War papers of J.C. Ogle, principally relating to ‘Operation Overlord’
MS 929: Second World War papers of Henry Gerson relating to Saint-Denis British Internment Camp
MS 930: Second World War collected ephemera
MS 436: Second World War papers of John Henderson, principally relating to Field Marshal B.L Montgomery
MS 928: Second World War papers of J.C. Ogle, principally relating to ‘Operation Overlord’
MS 929: Second World War papers of Henry Gerson relating to Saint-Denis British Internment Camp
MS 930: Second World War collected ephemera
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- Literary archives & personal papers, ECL MSS, (c. 1850 - present)
- Archdeacon Basil Wilberforce letters, MS 234, (1900-1915)
- Album of various autograph letters mainly from and to Etonians and school exercises, MS 241, (1782 - 1901)
- William Johnson Cory (Halsdon collection), MS 308, (1838-1894)
- William Johnson Cory (Additional papers), MS 309, (1826-1892)
- Arthur Murray Goodhart collection, MS 334, (1890-1932)
- Green Armytage - John Martin Harvey collection, MS 336, (1889 - 1970)
- Frederic Kenyon: Browning papers, MS 340, (1897-1913)
- Hilary Philip Chadwyck-Healey archive, MS 417, (c.1930 - c. 1970)
- Winifred Mary (Mollie) Matthews papers, MS 427, (1938-1989)
- Susan Hill archive, MS 428, (1957-2002)
- Maurice Baring collection, MS 429, (1894-1982)
- Anne Thackeray Ritchie collection, MS 430, (1847-[2000])
- Wilfred P. Thesiger archive, MS 433, (1895-2004)
- Anthony Powell archive, MS 434, (1905-2000)
- John Carter archive, MS 435, (1905-1975)
- Second World War papers of John Henderson, principally relating to Field Marshal B.L Montgomery, MS 436, (1939-1998)
- David Horner archive (Osbert Sitwell material), MS 437, (20th century)
- Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt papers, MS 439, (1928-1989)
- Papers of Duncombe F. B. Buckley, MS 440, (1851-1855, 2011)
- Busk family papers, MS 441, (1892-2001)
- Glen Byam Shaw: letters to Angela Baddeley, MS 442, (1928-1952)
- Noel Blakiston papers, MS 443, (1922-1986)
- Garnett family papers, MS 445, (1872-1922)
- E. W. Hermon archive, MS 446, (1914-1917, 1920s, 2007-2008)
- L. H. Myers papers, MS 447, (1895-1955)
- Leslie Stokes collection, MS 448, (1938-1970)
- Eric Williams literary papers, MS 449, (1948-1959)
- Douglas Rutherford literary archive, MS 450, (1955-1986)
- Harold Acton collection, MS 451, (1922-1980)
- Jeremy Clarke archive, MS 452, (2005-2024)
- Stone family archive, MS 496, (1850-1950)
- Alec Clunes archive, MS 509, (1927-1970)
- Collection of papers related to M R James, MS 521, (1828 - 1997)
- Robert Graves collection, MS 542, (1942-1975)
- Geoffrey Gunther papers, MS 543, (191?-1924)
- Rupert Brooke collection, MS 586, (Early 20th century)
- G. W. Headlam archive, MS 598, (1914?-1932?)
- Edward Hope Vere archive, MS 599, (1901-1924)
- Christopher Caslon archive, MS 604, (1915-1919)
- Russell Steele archive, MS 605, (1909-1918)
- Walter Severn collection, MS 608, (1878-1884)
- Winthrop Mackworth Praed and Sir George Young (3rd Baronet) collection, MS 656, (1780-1971)
- Papers of Charles Kelsall, MS 666, (1818 - 1841)
- Harold F. Andorsen archive, MS 667, (1856 - 1967)
- Vernon Dante collection, MS 668, (1891-1900)
- Grizel Hartley collection, MS 669, (1942-1991)
- Lawrence family archive, MS 670, (1870-1930)
- Caccia family archive, MS 671, (19th-20th century)
- Brian Howard archive, MS 673, (1905-1958)
- Festival of Britain papers, MS 674, (1951-1976)
- Gavin Young collection, MS 675, (1970s-2001)
- Lady Diana Cooper collection, MS 676, (1910-1986)
- Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive, MS 677, (1851-1976)
- Robert McCrum archive, MS 678, (1953-2021)
- Moelwyn Merchant archive, MS 679, ([1913]-2000)
- John Holmstrom archive (relating to Wilfrid Blunt, Raef Payne and Jerry Jarratt), MS 680, (1924-2001)
- Moulton-Barrett archive, MS 681, ([1772-1942])
- Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning collection, MS 682, (1812-1889)
- Mary Coleridge and the Newbolt family collection, MS 683, (1853-1987)
- Thomas Hardy collection, MS 684, (Late 19th century - 20th century)
- Ellen Terry, Edward Gordon Craig and Edward A. Craig (EAC) collection, MS 685, (1856-2009)
- John Wethered Power archive, MS 696, (1909-1922)
- Belinda Norman-Butler archive, MS 707, (1899-2007)
- John Julius Norwich archive, MS 708, (20th century - 21st century)
- Hardy-Sparks archive, MS 710, (19th-20th century)
- Wyndham Lloyd postcard collection, MS 737, (1901-1980)
- Siegfried Sassoon collection, MS 755, (1886-1967)
- The Sitwells collection, MS 768, ([1887-1988])
- Hallam Tennyson family papers, MS 774, (1852-1928)
- Charles Beresford papers, MS 872, (20th century)
- Henry Dundas archive, MS 907, (c.1905 - 2022)
- Anne Ridler papers, MS 909, (20th century)
- Cazalet family papers, MS 917, (18th century - late 20th century)
- Hannen family archive, MS 920, (1741-2015)
- Malcolm Arnold archive, MS 921, (1828-2024)
- Hubert Parry: autograph music scores composed at Eton, MS 923, (1864-1866)
- Hugo Williams archive, MS 924, (1963-2014)
- Julia Simonne and Robert Graves collection (poems), MS 925, (1963-1975)
- Second World War papers of Sergeant Annie Gouk, MS 927, (1938-1948)
- Second World War papers of J.C. Ogle, 53rd Welsh division, principally relating to ‘Operation Overlord’, MS 928, (1944-1945)
- Second World War papers of Henry Gerson relating to Saint-Denis British Internment Camp, near Paris, MS 929, (1940-1944)
- Second World War collected ephemera, MS 930, (1939-1945)
- Elizabeth Hutchings and Belinda Norman-Butler: correspondence, MS 931, (1992-2010)
- Alan Poulton Malcolm Arnold Collection, MS 933, (c.1934-2023)
- Alexander Grant archive, MS 935, (1913-c1920)
- First World War papers of Major-General S.F. Mott, MS 937, (1917-1987)
- Robert Selwyn Pryor archive, MS 942, (1914-1918)
- Hammond archive of Peter Warlock and Bruce Blunt manuscripts, MS 943, (1916-1930)
- Loyd family archive, MS 950, (20th century)
- Papers of James Frederick Norris and Graham Walter Norris, MS 951, (c.1900 - 1933)
- A.C. Sheepshanks collection of French deeds on parchment and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic letters, MS 959, (1543-1812)
- Victor Gollancz Limited Publishers author files: A.J. Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic (1936), MS 960, (1933 - 1998)
- Papers of Cecilia Fisher, MS 968, (1889 - 1952)
- Thackeray - Ritchie family papers (Murray archive), MS 972, (1748-1986)
- Charles Edmund Macnaghten collection of Ritchie and Freshfield family letters, MS 975, (c.1891-c.1902)
- Thackeray, Ritchie and Warre-Cornish family letters, MS 976, (1837-1920)
- Thackeray and Pollock family letters, MS 977, (1847-1924)
- Jeremy Dibble edition of Hubert Parry's Piano Concerto and related papers of John James Stewart Farmer, MS 978, (1993 - 2008)
- Norman Routledge music collection, MS 980, (1922-1969)
- Michael Kadwell collection of music ephemera, MS 981, (1864-1969)
- Martin Charteris World War II papers, MS 982, (1937 - 1997)
- Design for Eton College arms by Eric Gill and related papers, MS 983, (8 Jan 1936- 14 Sep 1976)
- Collection of various bookplates of Joseph Frederick Burrell, MS 984, (19th century - 20th century)
- Felix Aprahamian Peter Warlock collection, MS 986, (1964-2001)
- Papers of Aimee Lowther, MS 987, (1895-1916)
- Alan Stevenson Nuremberg Trials collection, MS 988, (1945-1946)
- Tony Jarvis collection of royal autographs and portrait photographs, MS 989, (1679 - 1990)
Number 79 of 107 at this Level
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