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World War I Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Raymond Jager WWI archive, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-012
Scope and Contents

World War I era papers and artefacts belonging to American soldier, Walter Jager including foot locker, trunk, mess kit, gas mask, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

War Service Records from Newton, Massachusetts, approximately 1920

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-072
Content Description

A bound gathering of typed and handwritten records and pages of the 26 men and women who served from Newtown, Massachusetts.

Dates: approximately 1920

Wilfrid Garthwaite WWI-era service papers, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-013
Scope and Contents

The service papers of Wilfred Garthwaite, who served in the Royal Navy from August 1917 to August 1919. It includes the pamphlet "How to join the Navy", with a short query about whether there was a similar pamphet on how to get out of the navy, Garthwaite's National Registration Act card, Certificate of Service, hist training certificate, notes on Mess Account and Pay Down, and a pocket pictoral Gospel of St. John.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

Wilhelm Forster WWI diary, 1914-1928

 Collection
Identifier: 2003-007
Scope and Contents

Kriegstagebuch or War Diary of Wilhelm Forster, a Lt. in the German Army. Forster received the Iron Cross, 2d Class in 1916.

Dates: August 2 - June 23

William G. Adams WWI ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-016
Content Description

Ephemera of William G. Adams, 472nd Aero Squadron. Contents include: a pocket memorandum book with handwritten entries made primarily in England where Adams performed maintenance on aeroplanes plus newspaper clippings pasted in; printed program for the celebration of the squadron's one-year anniversary of service, 3 September 1918; and an orange and black felt pennant ("Aero Squadron: San Antonio, Tex") representing the squadron.

Dates: 1918

William Hammond Smith WWI correspondence

 Item
Identifier: 2001-022
Content Description

A transcription of the war-time letters of Major William Hammond Smith, Royal Field Artillery Brigade, from May 1915 to October 1916; written to his mother. Smith was killed in action on April 12, 1917 at Athies, near Roeux, during the Battle of Arras.

Dates: 1915 - 1923

William Hurford Hutchins WWI archive

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-013
Content Description

Archive of Private William Hurford Hutchins of the Canterbury Infantry Battlion, 2nd New Zealand Regiment. Consists of a 181 page handwritten diary with extensive, descriptive entries. Includes photocopied list of wounded, service medallion, and a small photo album containing 59 photographs documenting Hutchins's experiences while in service in Egypt, with a few photos documenting his departure from New Zealand.

Dates: 1910 - 1918

William John Thorne WWI journal, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-016
Scope and Contents

Personal log of the activities of Leading Telegraphist, William John Thorne. The daily log was kept while onboard the H.M.S. Vimiera (September 1917), H.M.S. Paladin (September 1917), H.M.S. Vega (December 1917), and H.M.S. Oriole (February 1918).

Dates: 1917 - 1918

William Rider-Rider Canadian War Photographs, 1917-1918

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 000020952518]
Identifier: 2001-036
Scope and Contents

A large album of 21 photos with cover title in gold. Bound in original pebbled dark brown rubbed morocco. Each photograph, except the first is carefully mounted, and except for the first, all are in black & white.

Dates: 1917-06 - 1918-12

William Robins war machine invention documents, 1912-1920

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-017
Scope and Contents

William Robins, Russian engineer mechanic's proposal for and patent application for a war machine that, among other attributes, is impervious to enemy attack and, although stationary, can move in any direction at great speed by the person within it. Although figures are noted in the documentation, they are not included in this collection of papers. Papers include Robins's letters to H.M. Secretary of War and H.M. Patent Office and their replies.

Dates: 1912 - 1920