Newspaper Cutting from The Times,
- BMSS/39632.
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- 1916, July 14.
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
“Two Terrible Battles : Mametz Wood and Contamaison. Fighting described.”
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Newspaper Cutting from The Times,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
“Two Terrible Battles : Mametz Wood and Contamaison. Fighting described.”
Newspaper cutting : “Welsh Gallantry on Pilckem Ridge”,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Newspaper cutting : “Welshmen in Mametz Wood”,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Part of Papers of Mary Silyn Roberts,
Reports, letters, newscuttings, etc. regarding activities during the War.
Five Christmas Cards (Royal Welsh Fusiliers),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Five Christmas Cards (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) to / from Wheldon in France from / to various colleagues (also in France) : (i.) from Harold Williams, 1916; (ii.) to Huw Pryce, 1917; (iii.) from the Sergents of the 14th, 1918; (iv.) from the Officers of the 14th, 1918; (v.) from T.S. Smith, 14th RWF, 1918.
38th (Welsh) Division Royal Welsh Fusiliers shoulder patch,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
‘H.M. Forces Overseas (in Uniform) Combined Leave and Railway Tickets’,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
‘H.M. Forces Overseas (in Uniform) Combined Leave and Railway Tickets’ granted to Wheldon: (i.) First Class, from France to Senior Officer’s School, Aldershot; (ii.) First Class, from Llanberis to France; (iii.) First Class, from Llanberis to France.
‘Extension of Leave from Expeditionary Forces’ form,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Granted to Major W.P. Wheldon, 14th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on account of “Urgent Private Affairs.”
Postcard : ‘30 Inns of Court O.T.C. Berkamsted’,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From Major Wheldon to Mrs. G.M. Wheldon, Rhyl.
Photograph of Major Wheldon with 3 other men in uniform [officers?], France,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Telegram from the Secretary of the War Office to Mrs. Wheldon, Prestatyn,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Informing her that Major Wheldon was admitted to hospital in Rouen with a gun shot wound to his knee.
Form (slip) indicating the injuries sustained by Wheldon, 14th RWF,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
German Prisoner of War Letter,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From ‘[unknown] Kanze’, from the 42nd Stationary Hospital [France?] to his mother in Dürrenberg, Liepzig. Speaks of his injury, praises the care he is receiving in the English hospital and states the German patients are treated just the same as the English - the English patients treat the Germans as equals.
German Prisoner of War Letter,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From [unknown] to ‘Josef Werner’, München, Bayern, Germany. The German Soldier speaks of how his camp was taken over by another regiment, and that he was left behind as he was not the best in the section. The enemy attacked, he was injured and was left in a ditch where the crew of an English tank found him. He was then taken through German artillery fire to an English Red Cross Aid post and then on to an English hospital in France where he states he was treated perfectly by the English.
‘Pass’ (Aûsweis) for a German Soldier serving with the 1st Battn. K.S. Reserve Infantry, Regt. 242,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Name of ‘Emil Müller’ written on the document.
Letters and Messages of Congratulations,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Letters and Messages of Congratulations from various correspondents to Major W.P. Wheldon on the receipt of his D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order): (i.) Blackader, C.G., Major General; (ii.) Hugh Jones, Sergeant, 14th Battn.; (iii.) H. (?) Davies; (iv.) S. Tucker, 14th Battn. RWF; (v.) Huw Pryce-Jones, G.H.Q.; (vi.) E.S. Anton, C.S.M., B. Coy.; (vii.) G. Banks; (viii.) E. Uniacke; (ix.) H. Egerton, J. Rausing, J. Ivor Williams; (x.) J.E. Lloyd, Secretary & Registrar, UCNW; (xi.) Harry Reichel, Principal, UCNW.
War Diary of the 14th (Service) Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
“14th (Service) Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Memorial Fund”,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Brief history of the Battalion; organisation of a permanent Memorial to the “Old Battalion”; provision of bursaries or grants to enable the children of men who had served in the Battalion to pursue higher courses of education.