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Description: | This is a mixture of official, press and private photographs mainly relating to the work of the Mechanised Transport Corps during the Second World War. When the collection was handed over to the Department of Documents the photographs were removed from the folder they were kept in and put in separate envelopes. Prints that were grouped together in the folder have been kept together in the envelopes. Many of the prints are identical. The following is a summary of the contents of each envelope.
BOX 1
Envelope 1. 35 prints mainly relating to the MTC in France
2. 78 prints mainly showing various parades and inspections.1 shot of the Hadfield Spears unit in Libya.
3. 26 prints showing members of the MTC on parade, being inspected and posing for group portraits.
4. 24 prints showing members of the MTC carrying out various duties on and with their vehicles and members of the MTC on parade June 1943.
5. 11 prints mainly showing various drivers from the MTC
6. 19 prints showing various parades and inspections.
7. 6 prints showing Admiral Sir Edward Evans with Mrs Peake and with Mrs Adamson a member of the MTC who won a BEM during the London Blitz.
8. 46 prints mainly showing various passing out parades and inspections including some at the MTC headquarters and one being carried out in Leeds by the Princess Royal.
9. 27 prints showing parades and members of the MTC carrying out various duties. A visit by the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and her daughters.
10. 26 prints showing various inspections including one at Buckingham Palace by the Queen. 16 negatives of an inspection followed by tea.
11. 7 prints showing MTC members carrying out various activities and being inspected by the Queen. 9 negatives showing a mobile canteen.
12. 21 prints mainly showing group portraits.
13. 7 prints mainly showing an inspection by the queen. Also included is a photograph of two female despatch riders one on a Rudge Motorcycle the other on a Royal Enfield.
14. 32 prints showing work being carried out at the workshops at 10a Belgrave Mews. 12 negatives showing the workshops.
15. 3 prints showing MTC drivers with the 21st Tonbridge Battalion Home Guard.
16. 41 prints showing named members of the MTC and visiting dignitaries including Lady Mountbatten, the Duchess of Kent, Mrs Roosevelt and the Corps Commandant Mrs G M Cook OBE. 9 negatives showing individual members of the MTC.
17. 18 prints showing MTC personnel including Corps Commandant Mrs Peake, Staff Commandant Mrs Caltheop and Staff Commandant Mrs Windham.
18. 19 prints of MTC personnel on camp July 1940 and with mobile canteens. 24 negatives showing members of the Queens Messengers at Reading carrying out various duties, such as providing hot drinks and food, after the Bath Blitz.
19. 17 prints showing various parades and inspections including some Canadian volunteers.
20. 12 prints relating to recruitment and training including first aid and vehicle maintenance.
21. 3 prints including two showing a MTC driver with a 30hp Chevrolet Utility Van attached to the Ilkley Home Guard.
22. 23 prints showing members of the Queens Messengers in a field near Reading carrying out various duties, such as providing hot drinks and food, after the Bath Blitz.
23. 44 prints mainly showing various vehicles that were used by the MTC including a van and caravan donated by the Comite International D' Aide Aux Enfants de France Departement de la Charente.
24. 5 Identical prints showing MTC members saluting on parade.
25. 9 prints of either Mrs Peake or the ceremony for the handing over of some Queens Messenger vehicles to the Dutch.
26. 7 prints showing members of the MTC on parade or posing for a group portrait.
27. 4 prints. 2 show members of the MTC in Paris, 1 shows a Greek MTC unit the other shows a Kenyan MTC unit.
28. 11 prints relating to MTC members with Civil Defence workers including Mrs Muriel Mackay daughter of the Australian Major-General.
29. 9 prints relating to the Womens Legion in France during the First World War.
30. 4 prints showing a joint Belgian / British inspection at Buckingham Palace and a parade in Paris honouring the Unknown Soldier. 4 negatives showing MTC members relaxing outside.
Box 2
Envelope 1. 57 prints mainly showing various parades and inspections also shots of MTC members carrying out various duties.
Kept loose. 5 mounted prints showing MTC members posing for group portraits. | 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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