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NCY - Cheshire Yeomanry records - 1805-2018

1 - Cheshire Yeomanry 1797-1967

2 - Cheshire Yeomanry Post 1967

3 - Memorabilia

4 - Miscellanea

5 - Cheshire Yeomanry Association

6 - Reference Material

1 - Historical notes and Queries

2 - Photocopies and Transcripts

3 - Newscuttings

4 - Articles, Offprints, Pamphlets etc.

1 - Handbook of Yeomanry Rifle Association, with programme for 1913 and report and accounts for 1912. - 1913

2 - Photocopy of article ‘5 L of C Signals Ches Yeo’ in ‘Jimmy’, the magazine of the Royal Corps of Signals in the Middle East. - Summer 1943

3 - Photocopy of article ‘G.H.Q. Troops, Royal signals’ by D.M. Naylor, in ‘Jimmy’ vol.3 no.1. - Winter 1944

4 - ‘The Official names of the Battles, Actions & Engagements fought by the Land Forces of the Commonwealth during the Second World War, 1939-1945’ (H.M.S.O.). - 1956

5 - ‘Signal Training (All Arms) Pamphlet No 7 Voice Procedure’ (War Office). - Feb.1961

6 - ‘Cheshire & North Wales deesider’ No. 70, with article ‘The General [Napier] at Home’ by Richie Adamson. - Aug.1970

7 - Photocopies of nominal rolls of Cheshire Yeomanry Squadron, C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron The Queen’s Own Yeomanry from 1994, printed in ‘The Yeoman’ - 1972-1996

8 - Typed extract from ‘The Times’ headed ‘Spirit of T.A. is alive and well and living in the Yeomanry’. - 30 Jun.1973

9 - ‘A Noble Invention: A Victorian peer should be remembered with gratitude for designing the first safety goal-post in polo’ in ‘PQ international’. - [1979]

10 - Photocopy of typed article ‘The Origins of Eighty’ by Dave Froggatt.Outlines the history of 80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (V). - [1985]

11 - Article ‘The Yeomanry Marches Onwards’ by Francis Fulford, from ‘The Field’. - Jun.1994

12 - Photocopy of cutting from ‘The Times’ relating to Robert ‘Jimmy’ Hutton and his service pension. - 6 Jan.1995

13 - Photocopy of obituary of Major A.G. Lamont, for a short time Farrier Corporal to the Cheshire Yeomanry, in ‘The Veterinary Record’. - 2 Dec.1995

14 - Photocopies of illustrations and extracts from printed works relating to Yeomanry uniforms, supplied by the Ogilby Trust. - 1995

15 - Photocopy of article by Major E.P. Ross on his last year as Adjutant of the Cheshire Yeomanry. - [1995]

16 - Photocopy from ‘Liverpool Daily Post’ relating to a painting by David Thorp of the Cheshire Yeomanry action at the River Litani in 1941. - 27 Jan.1996

17 - Photocopy of report in ‘Chester Chronicle’ on the ceremony of granting the Freedom of Chester to C (Cheshire Yeomanry Squadron), Queen’s Own Yeomanry. - 29 Mar.1996

18 - Photocopy of letter from Michael George Olizar to the editor of ‘Weekend’, captioned ‘The bear who went to war’. - [c.1996?]

19 - Page [from ‘Cheshire Life’] with photographs taken at the Cheshire Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry Bicentenary Officers’ Dinner and Ball. - 1997

20 - Photocopy of report by Mrs. Wendy Healis, P.A. to the Lord Mayor of Chester, on the Cheshire Yeomanry bicentenary parade through Chester, in Chester City Council’s newsletter,. - [1997]

21 - Photocopies of photographs and article in ‘Cheshire Choice’ relating to Cheshire Regimental dinner and Yeomanry bicentenary evening at Chester Racecourse. - Feb.1997

22 - Pages from ‘Cheshire Life’ referring to bicentenary celebrations. - 1997

23 - Photocopy of article on Mr. Gordon Jones in ‘Bunbury Journal’. - Spring 2000

24 - Printout of article on ‘The Yeomanry foxhunting and the idea of ‘county’’ by Nick Mansfield, with related letter and note. - 2000

25 - Obituaries of Lord Leverhulme from ‘Country Sports’ and ‘The Chase’. - Autumn 2000

26 - Printout of article ‘196 Med. Wireless Troop (Cheshire Yeomanry) – Norway Force signals’ by C. Salter, with related letters. - 2000

27 - Printout of article ‘Airborne Yeomen’ by Tom Ryder, with related letter, leaflet and postcard.An edited version is in Newsletter 8 (in CY 13). - 2001

28 - Photocopy of article ‘The Charge that never was’ by Francis Fytton. - Undated

29 - ‘The Parish Church of St Lawrence Whitwell Derbyshire: A short history and guide’ by J.O. Edson. - 2001

30 - Photocopy of proclamation and photograph of its delivery at Chester Town Hall on the 50th anniversary of the death of George VI and accession of Elizabeth II. - 2002

31 - Photocopy of article ‘A museum full of memories’ by Peter Riley, in ‘Cheshire Life’. - Jul.2002

32 - Photocopy of article ‘The Cheshire and North Wales Volunteer Decoration and Long Service Medallists Association’ by Geoffrey Churton, with related letter. - 2003

33 - Photocopy of article ‘Yeomanry stands firm in finest tradition’ in ‘Chester Chronicle’. - 2003

34 - Printout of article ‘Cheshire Yeomen in Iraq’.See also Newsletter 9 in CY 13. - Jun.2003

35 - Photocopy of article ‘Memories – Mostly Horsy: “Ruffo”’ by Tom Ryder, in ‘The Carriage Journal’. - 2004

36 - Typed article ‘Memories – Mostly Horse: The Raw Recruit’ by Tom Ryder. - 2004

37 - Printout of article ‘Signalling in the Horsed Cavalry’ by Tom Ryder, with related correspondence between him and Christopher Naylor. - 2004-2005

38 - Printout of introduction for Newsletter 10 by Col. The Lord Hawke, TD. - Jan.2005

39 - Printout of ‘2004 Report on the Serving Squadron C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron The Royal Mercian Lancastrian Yeomanry’ by Captain C.M. Hodgkinson. - 2005

40 - ‘The Cheshire Yeomanry Times’ Issues 1 and 2. - 20,072,008

41 - Photocopy of obituary of Charlie Johnson in ‘Hound’ vol.24 no.2. - Dec.2007

42 - Photocopies of notices of Queen’s Birthday Honours in ‘The Daily Telegraph’. - 14 Jun.2008

43 - Photocopies of pp.81 and 82 of an account of the Syrian Campaign and photograph of Alwyn Clarke. - Undated

44 - Photocopy of article ‘The 13th Earl of Derby as a Politician’ by Alan G. Crosby. - Undated

45 - ‘Royal Devon Yeomanry’ (Exeter Museums Publication No.84). - Undated

46 - Photocopy of article ‘Village’s Mr Fix-it, aged 91’in ‘Shropshire Life’.Relates to Ben Hutchinson, who served in the Cheshire Yeomanry in the 1939-1945 War. - Undated

47 - Photocopy of article ‘Proud to be Yeomen Cheshire Yeomanry’ by Eric Smith, in ‘The New Crusader’. - Jun.1990

48 - Photocopy of illustrated report ‘Reunion lunch on war anniversary’ in ‘The Chronicle’. - 10 Sep.1999

49 - Article ‘Comrades and Camels: A Stockport Man in The Great War’ about Joseph Mellor by his grandson Martin Wood. - 2009

50 - Photocopy of report ‘Exciting Finish to Saddle Club Cross-Country’, in ‘Chester Chronicle’. - Dec.1963

51 - Copy of text of talk ‘The Yeomanry, foxhunting and the idea of ‘county’’, by Nick Mansfield, National Museum of Labour History, Manchester. - [post 1994]

52 - Photocopy of report ‘Brave Doug refuses to blow his own bugle’ in ‘Daily Post’. - 1 Nov.1997

53 - Photocopy of article on Tony Mullen (1916-2005) in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society. - 2006

54 - Photocopy of articles ‘Syria The Last British Cavalry Action’, by Denis C. Bateman, in The British Army Review Numbers 99and 100. - Dec.1991,Apr.1992

55 - Article ‘C Squadron, The Queen’s Own Yeomanry (The Cheshire Yeomanry), in the Regimental Journal of The Royal Dragoon Guards. - 1996

56 - Photocopy of article ‘Goodbye to Boots and Saddles The Twilight of the British Cavalry’, by Denis C. Bateman, in The British Army Review Number 114. - Dec.1996

57 - Photocopy of article ‘C Squadron RMLY’, by Major Sir James Lindsay, Bt., C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron Leader, in the Regimental Journal of The Royal Dragoon Guards. - Nov.2006

58 - Copy of article ‘Chester engineer flies out to Afghanistan to help fight the Taliban’, in Chester Chronicle.Refers to Henry Church from Guilden Sutton. - 4 Jan.2011

59 - Photocopy of ‘British Caval[ry Exercis]es in Palestine, in ‘Yorkshire Evening Post’. - 8 Mar.1940s

60 - Copy articles, extracts and poster - [1898-1969]

61 - 'The Fox'- official journal of the Queen's Own Yeomanry - 2015-2017

62 - 'Cholmondeley Arms' poster - Twentieth century

5 - Manuals

6 - Books

7 - Newsletters