Guest Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 (edited) May I draw the attention of colleagues to the following lot (69) in the sale at Forum Auctions, London on 7th June. The description is taken from the auctioneers' online catalogue, with their permission. I must stress that I have no commercial connection with either the auctioneers or the vendor,who is unknown to me. I post merely to show that this diary actually exists, whatever is it's fate against the hammer. NOTE= There is a very significant matter of public concern to Forum members with this item. It appears to have been previously held by The National Archives at Kew as PRO 30/71 -Gifts and Deposits. It looks very much as though the TNA item is the same thing-which means that the depositor has withdrawn it and put it up for sale (which they are perfectly entitled to do). However, the item continues to be listed on Discovery- and,to say the least, it would be good to know that it is off on it's travels by TNA saying so. It makes one wonder what other deposited items ("Deposited" means not owned) items have left TNA from this series. The National Archives' catalogue · PRO - Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts · Division within PRO - Original records acquired as gifts or on deposit Reference: PRO 30/71 Title: Guy Warneford Nightingale: Papers Description: These records include: · letters from Lieut, later Major Guy W Nightingale to his family, · 1910 to 1926 his diary for the year 1915a typescript essay by his · mother Mrs Alice Nightingale letters to Mrs Nightingale from Capt · T W Filgate, 1915. The letters form an unbroken narrative, except for periods of leave. Also included is a volume of newspaper cuttings relating to the war service of Nightingale's cousin, Flight-Sub-Lieutenant R A J Warneford VC, RNAS. Date: 1910-1926 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Not Public Record(s) Language: English Creator: Guy Warneford Nightingale, 1890-1935 Physical description: 7 volume(s) Immediate source of acquisition: in 1974 C M F ColemanMrs, 1974-1974 in 1974 Administrative / biographical background: Major Nightingale was born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Sandhurst before being commissioned into his regiment, the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, in the late summer of 1910. He served with the regiment in India and Burma; at Gallipoli with the 29th Division, landing from HMT River Clyde on 25th April 1915, and on the Western Front in France.In 1919 he went with the 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on the North Russian Expenditionary Force based at Archangel, and was there engaged in fighting the Bolshevik armies. on 1921 until March 1922 he was with his regiment with the British Forces in Silesia, Poland. From 1922-1923 Major Nightingale served with the 1st Yemen Infantry, in and around Aden and on the Southern Arabian coast. His last posting was to the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, at Ibadan, from 1925 to 1926. Below is the Forum Auctions lot description-It is obviously the same item. Just what is going on? Description Gallipoli & Ireland.- Nightingale (Guy Warneford, MC, Captain, later Major, Royal Munster Fusiliers, landed on V Beach, Gallipoli, 1890-1935)Diary in England & Ireland convalescing after being invalided home suffering from enteric fever, autograph manuscript,105pp., in ink and pencil, 2 photographs (1 of Nightingale with 2 friends subsequently killed in the war), ephemera (including an Army production of Aladdin), pen and ink sketch of Gully Beach (where Nightingale landed), torn and repaired and edged with tape, upper hinge broken, original cloth, gilt, partially faded, 8vo, 1916; and 6 others, diaries etc., v.s., v.d. (7). ⁂ Includes entries of attending court martials at Queenstown, Ireland, in the aftermath of the Easter Uprising. Nightingale was born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Sandhurst before being commissioned into his regiment, the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, in the late summer of 1910. He served with the regiment in India and Burma; at Gallipoli with the 29th Division, landing from HMT River Clyde on 25th April 1915, and on the Western Front in France. In 1919 he went with the 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on the North Russian Expenditionary Force based at Archangel, and was there engaged in fighting the Bolshevik armies. In 1921 until March 1922 he was with his regiment with the British Forces in Silesia, Poland. From 1922-1923 Major Nightingale served with the 1st Yemen Infantry, in and around Aden and on the Southern Arabian coast. His last posting was to the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, at Ibadan, from 1925 to 1926. Edited 24 May , 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 I post merely to show that this diary actually exists Because of his diaries and letters Nightingale is very important to the history of the Gallipoli campaign and thus, often quoted You can get some of the flavour of his writings from this blog http://www.jordan-maynard.org/category/gallipoli/ which has several passages by him Looking around Google just now, I see that the Turks have also published Nightingale's writings https://www.amazon.com/Canakkale-Cephesinden-Mektuplar-Warneford-Nightingale/dp/6051551611 but strangely, I can find no trace of an English language edition; can this be true? A remarkable young man who came to a sad end, possibly as a result of his experiences during the Great War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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