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MS 930 04

Reference code

MS 930 04

Title

World War II Collection: Documents relating to military personnel

Level

Series

Date

1939-1945

Extent & medium

2 boxes

Content description

A. British official documents
1. Travel pass for sick British soldier, 1943
2. Blank field service postcard, c.?1940
3. Letter by the Commander-in-Chief on non-fraternisation with German nationals, 1945
4. A guide to identification of German Units, War Office, 1942
5. 'Over there': Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, United States War Department, 1942 (reprint Oxford 1994)

B. German official documents
1. Soldbuch (identity, pay and service booklet) and infantry qualification certificate relating to Robert Dahn, a non-commissioned officer.

C. Personal documents and photographs: British personnel
1. R.G.T. Glass (Royal Air Force), 'World Tour vol. I': family photos and memorabilia from Middle East, Italy, Jerusalem, etc.
2. ‘Casa Penale’ diary of H. Urquhart, R.A.O.C, 1943-1944
3. 2 letters from British Army medical officers
4. Pencil sketch of unidentified soldier
5. Leisure: Programmes of entertainment for HM Forces in Berlin, Naples, Rhine Army HQ, 1940-1945 and Guide to Cairo for servicemen, Co-ordinating Council for Welfare Work in Egypt, c.1940

D. Personal documents and photographs: German personnel
1. Photograph album belonging to a German soldier, including German soldiers in Paris and the surrounding regions. The group appear to have been based at a stud, which was part of the Haras Nationaux, after the German occupation of France, [1940-1945]
2. Photograph album belonging to a German soldier, including German soldiers in Paris and Lager Luttensee (Mittenwald)
3. Photograph album belonging to a German soldier including postcards and photographs from South Italy
4. 2 loose photographs of Gottfried Zepf (1915-1981) and 1 of Friedrick Wilhelm? Spier? (1906-1979)
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