DEP/ABJ/3/2/24 | Notes of John Abercrombie: Geology | Notes on the rise of islands from the sea, using the example of an island near Santorini, Greece. Undated. | c1810 |
DEP/CRO/3/38 | Royaumont and V C Association of the Scottish Women's Hospitals News Letter No 8 Series 2 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letters from the President and Chairman; annual luncheon and annual general meeting; obituaries for Big Andy (A L Anderson), Banks (Miss Simmonds) and Sister Dunderdale; reprint of an article 'A Hospital in France Chapter V' by Collum, 1918; news from members; account of Happy Days in Finland; Nicky in Kenya; Simms in Greece and Turkey; reprint of the adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's 'If'; and statement of accounts. | Jan 1969 |
DEP/LAL/2/3 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Magazine photograph of Suda Bay, Crete | The photograph is captioned 'The country where the fighting is taking place. Suda Bay with Canea [Chania] [Crete] in the background'. Lamb has annotated the sites in the photograph with details of where he was posted or according to the action that took place there. | c1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/4 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'New War Theatre - Attempted Parachute... | Lamb has annotated the cutting with a later quote from the German commander of Crete who regretted the attack on the 7th General Hospital. Page 1. | May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/5 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'Bloody and Inhuman - Maori's Soldier's... | Lamb has questioned the article's report of the attack on the 7th General Hospital. Page 1. | c1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/6 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Map of the 7th General Hospital, Crete | The map shows the coast of Crete near Chania [Crete] with the caves, officers' tents and roads marked. In later annotations Lamb notes that he sent the map home in a letter after he got back to Cairo [Egypt] and gives details of the German attacks on the hospital. Page 2. | May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/7 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Page from a magazine with article titled 'In Crete with... | The five illustrations are captioned 'Paratroops dropping on Galatas - sketch made during the invasion'; 'Canea - the main street'; 'Bombing of the British Military Hospital on Crete by the Germans'; and, by Lamb, 'Galatos - very near No 7 General Hospital'. Lamb has added to the captions and pasted the one of Galatos over the one originally on the page. Page 3-4. | 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/8 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Maps of the New Zealand 5th Brigade Area Maleme and Suda... | The maps are hand drawn tracings from two that appear in 'The Struggle for Crete' by I M G Stewart and show the disposition of New Zealand, British and Greek troops before the invasion on 20th May 1941. Includes a later caption by Lamb and a copy of a letter to the Daily Telegraph from Stewart, 1981, on the nature of the German attack on Red Cross facilities (for original see LAL/2/18). Page 5. | 1941-1981 |
DEP/LAL/2/9 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'Battle for Crete - Grim Struggle for... | The page also includes brief cuttings on the establishment of the Greek government in Egypt and fire watching in Glasgow; a later caption by Lamb from 1975 on the strength of the German forces; and 1991 cuttings on the 50th anniversary of the battle for Crete including a review of 'Crete - the Battle and the Resistance' by Antony Beevor. Page 6. | 1941-1991 |
DEP/LAL/2/10 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'Fiercest Fight - Final Stage for the... | A number of different related articles including the naval losses during the withdrawal from Crete. Pages 7-9. | 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/12 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'The Story of the Cretan Campaign' | Page from 'The Sphere' including photographs of General Freyberg, British prisoners of war and a view of Sphakia [Crete]. Lamb has underlined parts of it. Pages 11-12. | 14 Jun 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/13 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Maps of the German Landings at Maleme and Prison Valley... | The maps are hand drawn tracings from two that appear in 'The Struggle for Crete' by I M G Stewart. Lamb has added a caption about the German attack. Page 13. | May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/14 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'V C for Crete Heroes' | From The Egyptian Gazette. Lamb has added a caption of information from 'Hunters from the Sky' by Charles Whiting (1975) about the poor resources of Freyberg's New Zealand and Australian troops and German losses. Page 14. | May 1941-1975 |
DEP/LAL/2/15 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'Defenders Delayed Nazi Plans' | Article on General Freyberg's report on the Battle for Crete. Page 15. | May 1941-1975 |
DEP/LAL/2/16 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Maps of Maleme 1.30am 21st May, Maleme 8am 21st May and... | The maps are hand drawn tracings from three that appear in 'The Struggle for Crete' by I M G Stewart. Lamb has added an extract from 'Hunters in the Sky' by Charles Whiting (1975). Page 16. | c1975 |
DEP/LAL/2/17 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'The Retreat from Crete' | War Scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb. Pages 17-18. | 14 Jun 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/18 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Maps of Galatos and Prison Valley evening 21st May... | The maps are hand drawn tracings from two that appear in 'The Struggle for Crete' by I M G Stewart. Includes a caption by Lamb on the evacuation of the caves on 25th May. Continued page 26 and page 35. Page 19. | May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/19 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'Naval Gains and Losses' | From The Spectator. Page 20. | 30 May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/20 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Cutting titled 'The War Surveyed - The Lessons of Crete' | From The Spectator. Page 21-22. | 30 May 1941 |
DEP/LAL/2/21 | War scrapbook of William Lindsay Lamb: Army Medical Bulletin No 22 | Includes a section on cave hospitals. Page 21. | Apr 1943 |