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Receipt for a shotgun loaned by George Alexander Ballard to the Local Volunteer Defence Corps (Manuscript)
20 June 1940
BLRD/2/4/6
Four watercolours by George Alexander Ballard's mother Joanna (Manuscript)
c. 1881
BLRD/2/4/1
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
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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
Ballard family papers (Manuscript)
1840-1948
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