Alt_Ref_No1999.88
Ref No578-K/8/2/45
TitleSir Douglas Stephenson Branson K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., T.D., D.L. (-1981), Colonel; Hallamshire Battalion
DescriptionOrder of service; four Christmas cards; Sheffield Local Militia discharge certificate for William Skinner, Fife Major, 1812; three photos; Rules of the 1st (Hallamshire) Volunteer Battalion, 1881; Rules of the Hallamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1864; portrait photograph; typed transcript of extract of Branson's letters to his parents sent April 1915 to March 1919; four presscuttings on Passchendaele, Bailleul, training recruits in Sheffield in 1914 and obituary of Major Richardson; three photographs of members of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion [according to Branson's notes, taken at Rainbeaucourt, Jan 1919, after demobilisation had started but before they moved to Cologne]; seven photographs of mixed subjects including the opening of Totley Rifle Range in 1900, 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion on parade Jun 1918 near Ypres [taken by the Queen of the Belgians], Regimental Colours, 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion outside Sheffield Town Hall prior to demobilisation, the Queen Mother inspecting the Hallamshire Battalion.
Date1812-1981
Extent27 items
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/4457Bowes-Lyon; Elizabeth Angela Marguerite (1900-2002); Lady; Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother1900-2002
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