Fonds P41 - Records of the 10th Royal Hussars (single-item collection)

1 CD-R containing 94 files

Material contributed by Alan and Judy Weeks of Swythamley Historical Society between February 2011 and January 2013.

CD-R containing Excel, JPEG, PDF and Word files of biographical and photographic information relating to the officers of the 10th Royal Hussars (The Prince of Wales’s Own) and their activities in India in 1910-1913 and during the First World War.

No accruals are expected.

Files have been arranged alphabetically into four series by file type. The JPEG-files have been arranged by subject matter and thereunder alphabetically by the surname of the officer or other individual they depict. The other series have been arranged chronologically by the date of the original document or, when this is unknown, by the date of their digital creation.

Unrestricted access to item.

Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff. Also see under ‘Existence and Location of Originals’.

• English

CD-R in good condition. Requires a PC or laptop with Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe Reader.

The following guide should be consulted to locate the original sources of images in this collection:

Ancestry EliotArms: Image extracted from the public Hudson family tree on https://www.ancestry.co.uk under the user name ‘EliotArms’.

Ancestry Kezbell: Images extracted from the public Everard family tree on https://www.ancestry.co.uk under the user name ‘Kezbell’.

The Bond of Sacrifice: Images extracted from The Bond of Sacrifice. A Biographical Record of All British Officers Who Fell in the Great War. In two volumes. Edited by Colonel L. A. Clutterbuck. London: The Anglo-African Purchasing Contractors, [s.d]. Volume I (Aug-Dec 1914) is available at http://archive.org/details/bondofsacrificeb01clut and is not in copyright.

Chatsworth Estate: Images provided by the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire’s secretary on the Chatsworth estate (https://www.chatsworth.org). They may be used provided that ‘The Mitford Archive, 2011’ is credited.

Coronation Durbar: Item extracted from Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911. Official Directory with Maps (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911), available at http://archive.org/details/coronationdurbar030742mbp and is not in copyright.

Flickr IWM: Image extracted from the Imperial War Museum page maintained on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/imperialwarmuseum/). The same image is available on IWM’s official website, http://www.iwm.org.uk/, and in both instances is subject to copyright.

Glimpse of Empire: Images extracted from A Glimpse of Empire by Jessica Douglas-Home (Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd., 2011) and their copyright rests with the author. To contact her, go to http://www.glimpseofempire.com, where some of the extracted images can also be viewed.

Great War Forum: A WWI Internet forum for enthusiasts to share information (https://www.greatwarforum.org/). Item P41/64 was originally extracted from this forum. The discussion threads are accessible to members only, but membership is free.

Harrow Memorials: Items extracted from Harrow Memorials of the Great War. Volume I: August 23rd, 1914, to March 20th, 1915. Printed for Harrow School by Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, Limited, 1918. The volume is available at http://archive.org/details/harrowmemorialso01warn and is not in copyright.

Horsepower Museum: Items extracted from the Regimental Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars, which is an amalgamation of four Hussar regiments: 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th. For copyright queries, visit https://horsepowermuseum.co.uk/.

Hussards Photo Website: Images extracted from http://www.hussards-photos.com/. Copyright rests with the owner of the website whose contact details can be found on it.

Jerry Murland: Images received by Alan Weeks via personal email from Jerry Murland, author of several books about WWI, including Departed Warriors: The Story of One Family in War (Leicester: Troubadour Publishing Ltd., 2008). For copyright queries, contact Jerry Murland via the publishers.

Jessica Douglas-Home: Additional unpublished material supplied by Jessica Douglas-Home from her grandmother’s diary to Alan Weeks. Permission must be sought to use. For contact details, see under Glimpse of Empire.

London Gazette: Items extracted from https://www.thegazette.co.uk/. These documents are subject to Crown Copyright, the terms of which can be found on The National Archives website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/our-services/crown-copyright.htm.

National Portrait Gallery: Images extracted from https://www.npg.org.uk/. For copyright, contact the National Portrait Gallery.

Richard Pillinger: Images extracted from https://www.majorpillinger.co.uk/, a website owned by Richard Pillinger, grandson of XRH Officer Roland (‘Pilse’) Pillinger. The images of The 10th Royal Hussars Gazette are photographs of Richard’s own collection and were sent via personal email to Alan Weeks. The Gazettes are also available at the Horsepower museum (see above). For copyright queries, contact Richard Pillinger.

St Mary’s: Images donated by the curator of Thurles Famine and War Museum, St Mary’s Church, Thurles, county Tipperary. For copyright, please contact the Limerick Civic Trust (https://www.limerickcivictrust.ie/contact-us) who acquired custodianship of the museum’s contents since its closure in 2017.

SHS CBC: Images taken from the Swythamley Historical Society Courtney Brocklehurst Collection. For copyright queries, contact Swythamley Historical Society (https://www.facebook.com/SwythamleyHistoricalSociety/).

SHS Alan Weeks: Items compiled by Alan Weeks of Swythamley Historical Society and free to copy.

TNA (WO 76/544): Items extracted from the War Office Armed Forces Service Records WO 76, subseries 29 (Cavalry Regiments), sub-subseries 3 (10th Royal Hussars) held in the National Archives (UK). These service records of regimental officers have been digitized and can be downloaded free of charge at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=WO+76%2F544&x=0&y=0&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy; or by searching for ‘WO 76/544’ at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/.

TNA (WO 339/7538): Items extracted from the War Office Armed Forces Service Records WO 339 (First World War), subseries 1 (Officers’ Services) held in the National Archives (UK). These service records of individual officers who served in the First World War have not been digitized. For copyright queries, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm.

Prints of some of the digital images in this collection can be found in P6A (Armstrong Photographs).

This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition, 2000, Irish Guidelines for Archival Description, 2009, National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997, and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services, 2018.

Documents arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in January 2013. Information supplied by Alan and Judy Weeks was used in the preparation of this description.