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Navy Medical Service material, Mediterranean, Gallipoli Campaign, First World War. (Manuscript)
1915-1935
PTR/8/4
Navy Medical Service material, Mediterranean, Gallipoli Campaign, First World War.
Material regarding official reports and histories of the Medical Service in the First World War. (Manuscript)
1915-1932
PTR/8/5
Material regarding official reports and histories of the Medical Service in the First World War.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas: Explanatory Instructions for forming Ambulance and Nursing Divisions. (Manuscript)
1912
PTR/9/18
The St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas: Explanatory Instructions for forming Ambulance and Nursing Divisions.
The St. John Ambulance Association Territorial Branch: Regulations for Voluntary Aid Detachments, May 1913. (Manuscript)
1913
PTR/9/19
The St. John Ambulance Association Territorial Branch: Regulations for Voluntary Aid Detachments, May 1913.
The St. John Ambulance Association: Report for the year ended 30 September 1919. (Manuscript)
1919
PTR/9/13
The St. John Ambulance Association: Report for the year ended 30 September 1919.
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Roll of Members and Honorary Associates, and of Recipients of Awards of Honour, Corrected to 1 December 1910. (Manuscript)
1910
PTR/9/15
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Roll of Members and Honorary Associates, and of Recipients of Awards of Honour, Corrected to 1 December 1910.
The St. John Ambulance Association: pamphlets, correspondence with Sir James Porter as a member of the Ambulance Committee, and minutes of a meeting in 1913. (Manuscript)
1911-1933
PTR/9/22
The St. John Ambulance Association: pamphlets, correspondence with Sir James Porter as a member of the Ambulance Committee, and minutes of a meeting in 1913.
Captain Scott's Message to England (memorial booklet). (Manuscript)
1913
PTR/9/23
Captain Scott's Message to England (memorial booklet).
Letters received by the Porter family, 1930-1931. (Manuscript)
1930-1931
PTR/10/4
Letters received by the Porter family, 1930-1931. Also newspaper cuttings and ephemera.
Obituaries of Sir James Porter, and letters of sympathy to members of his family. (Manuscript)
1935
PTR/10/7
Obituaries of Sir James Porter, and letters of sympathy to members of his family.
Letters received by the Porter family, 1933-1934. (Manuscript)
1933-1934
PTR/10/6
Letters received by the Porter family, 1933-1934. Also newspaper cuttings and ephemera.
Principle Transport Officer Log. (Manuscript)
1915
PTR/8/2/8
Principle Transport Officer log, beginning 19 August and ending 30 November 1915, with communications and signals inserted between some pages.
Diary. (Manuscript)
1931
PTR/10/8
Diary. Unclear by whom kept.
Newspaper Cuttings. (Manuscript)
1900-1932
PTR/8/2/13
Newspaper cuttings, chiefly regarding the Dardanelles Campaign.
The Evacuation of Sick and Wounded by Sea, by Surgeon Commander A. Vavasour. (Manuscript)
1929
PTR/8/2/12
The Evacuation of Sick and Wounded by Sea, by Surgeon Commander A. Vavasour, reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, September 1929.
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Report of the Chapter-General for the Year ended 31 December 1934. (Manuscript)
1934
PTR/9/7
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Report of the Chapter-General for the Year ended 31 December 1934.
The St. John Ambulance Association: Report of the Ambulance Committee for the year ended 30 September 1916. (Manuscript)
1916
PTR/9/11
The St. John Ambulance Association: Report of the Ambulance Committee for the year ended 30 September 1916.
University of Aberdeen certificates and miscellaneous publications. (Manuscript)
1874-1919
PTR/16/23
Five certificates from The University of Aberdeen awarded to Sir James Porter in 1874, two in 1877, 1901 and 1919; a 'History of Leeds' taken out of seemingly a VICTORIAN COUNTY HISTORY copy; an issue of the DAILY MIRROR, 23 June 1911, Coronation Issue; Volumes 1 and 2 of the SPHERE (Victo…
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Report of the Chapter-General for 1911. (Manuscript)
1911
PTR/9/2
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Report of the Chapter-General for 1911.
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Report of the Chapter-General for the Year ended 31 December 1916. (Manuscript)
1916
PTR/9/4
The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: Report of the Chapter-General for the Year ended 31 December 1916.
Drawings of designs for a weather-proof stretcher. (Manuscript)
circa 1920
PTR/8/3/20
Drawings of designs for a weather-proof stretcher, no date or author.
Letters, cuttings and notes relating to Sir James Porter's appointment to the Medical Department of the Ministry of National Service. (Manuscript)
1917
PTR/8/8/1
Letters, cuttings and notes relating to Porter's appointment to the Medical Department of the Ministry of National Service.
Letters between Sir James Porter and Lady Porter, some addressed Cadets Sick Quarters, Dartmouth. (Manuscript)
1895-1908
PTR/4/2
Letters when Staff Surgeon in medical charge at HMS BRITANNIA Dartmouth, largely dated 1897, but there are also letters dating from 1902 and 1908 at the end of the bundle. See PTR/17/1 for further BRITANNIA letters.
Letters from Sir James Porter whilst at HMS BRITANNIA, Dartmouth. (Manuscript)
1896
PTR/4/4
Letters when Staff Surgeon in medical charge at Dartmouth, 1896. See PTR/17/1 for further BRITANNIA letters.
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