Papers and photographs of Regimental Sergeant Major Henry John Coles (1900-1975), RAMC

Date:
1919-1948
Reference:
RAMC/1756
Part of:
Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
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Papers and photographs of Regimental Sergeant Major Henry John Coles (1900-1975), RAMC. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

With biographical details and explanation of some of the photographs, by the donor. The file includes:

1 Service and pay book, 1919-1920

2 Second class certificate of education, 1921

3 Certificates of training in office duties 1921 and 1922

4 Souvenirs of service in Russia, 1919; Includes a ticket for H.M.T. Czar 1919 and a label giving information re wound, 1919

5 Souvenirs of service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1920; Includes rules for containment of cholera, Port Said 1923; a permit for sanitation inspectorate duties, Surafend 1920, and testimonials for officer commanding Palestine General Hospital 1923

6 Release book, 1946

7 Handbook of Royal Army Medical Corps Association, 1948

8 Portrait and group photographs and snapshots, mainly without caption, but including the Sergeant's Mess, Military Hospital, Penshurst (Kent), 1944, and the Army Medical Services Staff of the Hospital Ship St. David (c.1940), 1944

9 Papers relating to RSM Coles' death and transfer of papers to the RAMC museum, 1957; Includes cuttings recording RSM Coles' death and funeral, and a typed letter from his daughter listing the items transferred to the RAMC museum as RAMC/1756

Publication/Creation

1919-1948

Physical description

1 file

Biographical note

Museum Acq. No. 2700.

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