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Four watercolours by George Alexander Ballard's mother Joanna (Manuscript)
c.1881
BLRD/2/4/1
Ballard family papers (Manuscript)
1840-1948
BLRD
Papers and official documents relating to the naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1886-1918
BLRD/2/1
Papers of Admiral George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1867-1948
BLRD/2
Photograph album covering naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1882-1893
BLRD/2/3/3
Papers on Ballard family ancestry (Manuscript)
1924-1940
BLRD/2/4/4
Letter from General Alexandru Averescu to Brigadier General Colin Ballard (Manuscript)
14 February 1919
BLRD/2/4/2
Part of letter from Sir Geoffrey Callender to Ballard (Manuscript)
13 September 1944
BLRD/2/4/7
Letters to George Alexander Ballard regarding his father's medals and honours and an account of his work as Mint Master at Bombay (Manuscript)
1911
BLRD/2/2/10
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings covering George Alexander Ballard's later life and those of his family (Manuscript)
1920-1948
BLRD/2/3/6
Folder of proof copies of Patrol Flotillas operations orders (Manuscript)
1914-09-01 - 1915-05-19
BLRD/2/1/5
Report of committee on armaments of home ports (Manuscript)
1905
BLRD/2/1/2
Receipt for a shotgun loaned by George Alexander Ballard to the Local Volunteer Defence Corps (Manuscript)
20 June 1940
BLRD/2/4/6
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and invitations covering George Alexander Ballard's naval career (Manuscript)
1885-1948
BLRD/2/3/5
Copy of Staff College admission exam results for George Alexander Ballard's son Captain J.A.W. Ballard (Manuscript)
11 July 1938
BLRD/2/4/5
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his family during early naval career (Manuscript)
1877-07-06 - 1886-12-22
BLRD/2/2/2
Copies of letters between the War Office and Admiralty arranging for George Alexander Ballard to deliver a lecture on Imperial Defence (Manuscript)
1903-08-06 - 1903-09-03
BLRD/2/1/7
Sketch of a Riverboat on the upper Irrawaddy River (Manuscript)
Undated
BLRD/2/4/8
Photograph of Joanna Ballard and children, including George Alexander Ballard, with a later account written by him of their time in New Zealand (Manuscript)
1871
BLRD/2/3/2
Copy of report by Ballard on officers under his command who merited favourable recognition. (Manuscript)
30 April 1916
BLRD/2/1/6
Personal reminiscences of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1919
BLRD/2/3/1
George Alexander Ballard, miscellaneous and single documents (Manuscript)
1881-1944
BLRD/2/4
George Alexander Ballard, memoirs, photograph albums and scrapbooks (Manuscript)
1871-1948
BLRD/2/3
Personal correspondence of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1867-1945
BLRD/2/2
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