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Scrapbook containing press cuttings on career of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1854-08-05 - 1880-04-22
BLRD/1/3/1
Scrapbook containing press cuttings covering the career of John Archibald Ballard especially his service during the Crimean War under Omar Pasha [Omer Pasha Latas] and subsequent recognition.…
Contract of marriage between Lieutenant Colonel John Archibald Ballard C.B. and Joanna Scott Moncrieff (Manuscript)
1861
BLRD/1/3/3
Contract of marriage between Lieutenant Colonel John Archibald Ballard C.B. and Miss Joanna Scott Moncrieff signed by the couple and Joanna's father Robert Scott Moncrieff.
Rough copies of orders issued and received and letters concerning campaigns while in command of Turkish Rifle Brigade (Manuscript)
1855-08-01 - 1855-11-30
BLRD/1/1/2
Notebook containing rough copies of orders and letters issued and received by John Archibald Ballard while serving in the Turkish army.…
Letters to family from John Archibald Ballard during his time as Mint Master at Bombay and his retirement. (Manuscript)
1861-05-08 -1880-04-01
BLRD/1/2/2
Letters by John Archibald Ballard to members of his family during his marriage, appointment as Mint Master at Bombay and retirement. Most letters are addressed to his brother George but the folder also includes letters to his wife, sister, father-in-law and sister-in-law.…
Summaries copied from the journals of John Archibald Ballard by his brother George (Manuscript)
1850-1869
BLRD/1/2/4
Five pages of summaries of entries from the journals of John Archibald Ballard copied by his brother George. The entries cover his service during the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny, his marriage and his return to Bombay as Mint Master.
Personal record of marriages and births of John Archibald Ballard's mother's family. (Manuscript)
c.1841
BLRD/1/3/2
Frontispiece and torn fly leaf pages from family bible recording marriages and births in the Tod family down to John Archibald Ballard's mother Jane Elizabeth Tod and her children.
Sketched diagrams of actions and maps of movements of the Rajputana Field Force (Manuscript)
1856-1859
BLRD/1/1/5
Sketched maps showing actions and operations of the Rajputana Field Force under Major General Roberts and later, Major General John Michel.…
Papers relating to John Archibald Ballard's army career (Manuscript)
1849-1859
BLRD/1/1
Notebooks and letters written by John Archibald Ballard during his service with the Turkish army in the Crimean War and during British service in the Anglo-Persian War.…
Personal correspondence of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1840-1883
BLRD/1/2
Letters sent by John Archibald Ballard to his family during his service in the Crimean War and while Mint Master at Bombay. Includes letters sent to family by his wife Joanna during their time in India and an account written by her of his retirement, tour of Greece and sudden death.…
Notebook of John Archibald Ballard, intelligence department, Persian field force (Manuscript)
1857-01-06 - 1857-04-18
BLRD/1/1/3
Notebook kept by John Archibald Ballard while serving as Assistant Quartermaster General in the Intelligence department of the Persian Field Force during the Anglo-Persian war.…
John Archibald Ballard, career scrapbook and associated family items (Manuscript)
1840-1880
BLRD/1/3
Scrapbook recording career of John Archibald Ballard and documents relating to his mother's family and his marriage.
Letters to George Alexander Ballard from his father (Manuscript)
1867-1880
BLRD/2/2/8
Letters written by John Archibald Ballard to his son George Alexander Ballard. The letters cover George's childhood and his father's attempts to help fulfil his son's wish of joining the Royal Navy.…
Family correspondence of John Archibald Ballard, letters sent by and to him during early career and the Crimean War (Manuscript)
1840-09-07 - 1858-12-30
BLRD/1/2/1
Personal letters sent and received by John Archibald Ballard during his army career. Most were sent to his mother and sister while he was serving in the Turkish army during the Crimean War.…
Ballard family papers (Manuscript)
1840-1948
BLRD
The collection is composed of two sub-collections, the first of these contains papers of Lieutenant-General John Archibald Ballard (1829-1880) which cover his service as part of the Ottoman forces during the Crimean War and his service for the East India Company in the Persian Campaign and Indian Re…
Documents and correspondence received by John Archibald Ballard during his army career (Manuscript)
1854-1859
BLRD/1/1/4
Letters and documents received by John Archibald Ballard during his army career.…
Private journal and notebook of John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1849-1850
BLRD/1/1/1
Notebook, from which most pages have been removed, containing a private journal covering January 1850 to April 1850 and notes on a series of lectures on artillery.…
Papers of Lieutenant-General John Archibald Ballard (Manuscript)
1840-1883
BLRD/1
Papers of Lieutenant-General John Archibald Ballard (1829-1880) which cover his service as part of the Ottoman forces during the Crimean War and his service for the East India Company in the Persian Campaign and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.…
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