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National Archives-1st World War Unit Diaries
In case you haven't picked it up the National Archives are digitising unit diaries as part of their World War 1 release of information. Fortunately the Northumberland Fusiliers are amongst the first phase released:
9 Infantry Brigade 1 Battalion NF 1.8.1914-30.6.1915 (WO 95/1430/1); 1.7.1915-30.6.1916 (WO 95/1430/2);1.7.1916-31.12.1917(WO 95/1430/3); 1.1.1918-31.5.1919 (WO 95/1430/4); 1 Northern Brigade 51 Battalion NF (army of occupation) 1.3.1919-31.10.1919 (WO 95/1438/2); 1 Northern Brigade 52 Battalion NF 1.3.1919-31.10.1919 (WO 95/1438/3); 1 Northern Brigade 53 Battalion NF 1.3.1919-30.9.1919 (WO 95/1438/4). A and B Squadrons of the Northumberland Hussars are also released. Forgot to say, they're charging but £3.36 a piece. . Last edited by janwhin; 16-01-2014 at 04:52 PM. |
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Yes it's good news, mentioned it back here. Some of the WW1 Diaries have been online for years - 1/5th NF and 1/4th NF, who fought alongside our own guys in the 1/7th. But sods law being what it is they never did the digitisation of the 1/7th but it will be online very shortly as you say.
Of great importance are the embedded field returns, but they haven't digitised those as far as I am aware in their earlier attempts. If they do, the number of pages would expand by an order of magnitude, so I suspect they wont be doing it. On the subject of the National Archives, I'll (almost certainly now) get the chance end of next month to pop in there for a 5 hour session, so is there anything essential (or just interesting) we need? NA Search is here: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/ |
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I'll be collecting more 'Amble Battery' docs, plus some WW1 officers' papers (not local, medal dealing stuff) and the report for the Stirling Bomber crash which is incomplete in the Acklington Record book, but another copy should be in the relevant bomber squadron book. I also want to have a peek at the 1/7 NF's brigade records (149th).
should be time for other (non-military ) things but what? I wonder what their rules are on photographing Tithe maps? We are now desperately overdue for a comprehensive 'map room' on here or the sister site. |
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I would have thought that anything that is non military has been passed to Woodhorn, including tithe maps, so probably World War 1 stuff is the thing to go for at Kew. Of course what isn't there is probably held by the Northumberland Estates archive.
I'm off to Woodhorn tomorrow to have a spoach in the Charles Percy, solicitors records....seems there is something about Amble Gas Works and Kiln Bank House. Most likely the original documents for what is held at the Gas Archive. |
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I'm sure there is a vast amount of material at the National Archives that is not at Woodhorn.
for instance; Ambell Manor, Surveyor General 1792. http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C3680632 no idea if it contains useful material for us! Amble Roman Catholic School 1880-1915 http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C5086061 content ??? Tithe maps - sure they have a full set. Plus boundary strip maps, and related material 1844 Tithe map of East Chivington (township in the parish of Warkworth), Northumberland. Shows buildings (named), woods (coloured), rock outcrops, foreshore, named streams. Scale: 1 inch to 8 chains http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C2304541 It just goes on and on. |
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Here is some material related to Greenwich Hospital and Amble, we have come across this before on here:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C2689794 or Amble Shipbuilding Company, board of trade dissolved company file. 1918-1948 what would that contain? just legal docs? http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C5013457 |
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It's probably best to focus on one area, do you think?.....maps would be promising and that 1844 Chevington one sounds good. Need to know what NA's policy is though. Yesterday I went rash at Woodhorn and ordered a hand drawn 1920 plan of Amble House to go on the site......they charge a £10 royalty on top of copying costs
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Oooh nasty! I knew it would end up like that. It is unusable for us now then without a grant from somewhere! It was £4 at the NA to use an image (your own photo) of a document on-line. |
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It looks like we'd better take a begging bowl to the heritage Lottery or whatever it's called.
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It is the whole property hollydog. In 1920 Amble House was put up for sale by Dr Smyth after he had already submitted plans for a lot of house building round the edges of the land. I sketched that one out Since the house went up for sale in October 1920 I think the building had already happened?
The building plan put 3 properties at the north eastern corner, 10 along Wellwood Street plus two facing into Bede Street and then 11 up Bede Street. I did write out the detail of the sale document so I'll stick that on here soon. The sale documents also included a very nice photograph of Amble House....I'm going to Woodhorn tomorrow so I can get a copy of that if you want. |
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WW1 service records for the NF were mostly destroyed by fire so that source for info on individuals has gone. Not very promising borderlad and frustrating for a lot of people too |
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