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Description: | Albums and loose prints generated or collected by the chemical and biological warfare research establishments at Porton Down 1915 - 1971. Includes:
3 albums compiled by Lt Col Arthur W Crossley, first Commandant of Porton, showing site development (including construction), personnel, research and field trials at Porton 1916 - 1919
2 albums of prints taken from lantern slides covering all aspects of research at Porton 1924 - 1942
44 albums of prints (numbered 8 - 43) showing work (mostly chemical warfare research) at Porton December 1923 - December 1942
23 albums of prints (some numbered A1 - A12) showing work (mostly chemical warfare research) at Porton March 1947 - February 1971
1 album of prints showing Exercise TURINE
1 album of prints showing Exercise GLOSSOP
1 album of prints showing views of the Chemical Defence Establishment at Nancekuke, Cornwall c. 1951
1 album of prints showing visit to Porton of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 27 May 1966
1 album of prints showing staff groups at CDE Porton 1975 - 1976
17 albums colour prints showing Exercise SVELTE & Exercise HULVAL 1989
3 albums misc interior and exterior views of Porton accommodation
Further assorted loose misc prints and slides of Chemical Warfare Reunion Dinner 1928, various portraits of Porton Directors, Commandants and Superintendants, German Second World War colour prints showing accidental gas burns to skin - all still to be assessed. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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