Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- [1887x1890]-1919 (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Ffeil / File
Maint a chyfrwng
1 envelope
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes archifol
Ffynhonnell
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
Card decorated with pressed flowers against a cruciform, inscribed in French 'N.-D. [?Notre Dame] de Sion, à Jérusalem Fleurs de Jérusalem', together with printed poem titled 'Calvary'. Kept in envelope inscribed 'Sent by General Gordon from the Garden of Gethsemane' and (?in another hand): 'Given by Mrs [?]Suttees Altnalt to Robert Schofield [sic] Milne [sic] (AOV) when serving in the Royal Dragoons.' Kept in marked envelope.
A series of letters, 1908-1909, largely to H. S. Osment, consultant engineer, Lima, from [?A. J. Chambers], relating to the discovery and mining of gold in Central America. One letter includes a hand-drawn map of potential mining sites.
Letter, 29 May 1913, from the Vickers Ltd manufacturing company, London, titled 'Ordinance Q.F. 75 m/m Mountain. Design No. 35672.G' and marked 'Confidential' enclosing diagrammatical drawings of military equipment and machinery.
Letter, dated 15 August 1914, from the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing company based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, presumably to Arthur Owen Vaughan, relating to 'a mountain battery for use with a Volunteer corps in Wales'.
Letter, 7 October 1914, from Arthur Owen Vaughan to 'E.O.' regarding Vaughan's failure to attain command of the Welsh Horse regiment, despite the fact that it was Vaughan who raised the numbers. The letter is signed 'Owen Rhoscomyl'.
Letter, 17 May 1919, from Katherine Vaughan, wife of Arthur Owen Vaughan, to her daughter Nest. In her list of items which accompanies this donation, Vaughan's granddaughter Vicki Matthew notes in relation to this letter: 'A letter written from the Château La Lovie, Poperinghe .... from Catherine [sic] Vaughan to my mother Nest who was left with the Misses Herbert who ran a school for girls in Dinas Powys I think. Catherine [sic] would probably have known how ill her husband was at that stage, as he died of cancer on 15th October 1919.'
Fragment of a letter in Vaughan's hand to an unknown recipient, signed 'Faithfully - A. O. Vaughan'. No apparent date.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Croniadau
System o drefniant
Material bearing date, or which suggests a date, arranged chronologically. Letter fragment has no apparent date.
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Iaith y deunydd
- Saesneg
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Letter dated 7 October 1914: letter torn or cut in half (kept in marked envelope).
Flower card: small tear at right-hand edge and showing some foxing, also discolouration around position of pressed flowers and cruciform.
Cymhorthion chwilio
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
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Language note: One item (flower card) inscribed in French.
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For the Château La Lovie, see, for example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/november_song/15952634964
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The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) was a heavy cavalry regiment of the British Army. Vaughan served with the regiment from 1887 to 1890.
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Major-General Charles George Gordon (1833–1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. (Wikipedia (paraphrased))
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Gethsemane is a garden situated at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the New Testament Gospels, Jesus underwent mental torture prior to being betrayed and arrested.
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Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major early 20th century British manufacturing company of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft, its headquarters situated in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne. The company was founded by William Armstrong in 1847, becoming, via mergers, Armstrong Mitchell and subsequently Armstrong Whitworth. In 1927, it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs; the aircraft and Armstrong Siddeley motors business were bought by J. D. Siddeley and became a separate entity. (Wikipedia (paraphrased))
Vickers Limited was a British engineering conglomerate. The business began in Sheffield in 1828 as a steel foundry and became known for its church bells. It went on to make shafts and propellers for ships, armour plate and artillery, then subsequently entire large ships, cars, tanks and torpedoes, followed by airships and aircraft manufacture. Vickers jet airliners were to remain in production until 1965. (Wikipedia (paraphrased))
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'When the First World War broke out in August 1914, Vaughan was prominent in recruiting a new regiment in South Wales, the Welsh Horse Yeomanry, hoping - in vain, as it turned out - to be given command.' (Wikipedia)