Parchment for Barr's commission as Lieutenant R.A.M.C. (T.A.)

Archive Unit

For more information, email the repository
Advice on accessing these materials
Cite this description
Bookmark:http://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb250-90/90/13/1-2

This material is held at
Reference
Dates of Creation
Language of Material

Scope and Content

6 July 1939 together with covering letter from Ministry of Defence, 26 October 1983.

Other Finding Aids

Descriptive list available.

Conditions Governing Use

Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Dr John Buchanan Barr (d.2003) general practioner90

Higher Education leaving certificate.90/1

Certificate of the Scottish Universities Entrance Board.90/2

Preliminary examinations certificate, University of Glasgow.90/3

Students' card, University of Glasgow.90/4

Registration certificates, University of Glasgow.90/5/1-2

Certificates of merit. University of Glasgow.90/6/1-12

1st Class honorary certificate. Medical Jurisprudence class.90/7

Card for admittance to final professional examination.90/8

Class cards and vaccination certificate 1930-193190/9/1-6

List of degrees, Glasgow University, conferred on 22 October 1932.90/10

Medical registration certificate.90/11

MD Diploma, Glasgow University.90/12

Parchment for Barr's commission as Lieutenant R.A.M.C. (T.A.)90/13/1-2

Identity Certificate.90/14

Service clothing book.90/15

Casualty reports90/16

Letters and papers regarding Barr's award of M.B.E.90/17/1-6

M.B.E. parchment with covering letter.90/18/1-2

Souvenirs of Africa and Italy90/19/1-8

Daily Despatch newspaper showing picture of armada of ships for D-Day landing.90/20

The Army at War: Tunisia, H.M.S.O., 1944.90/21

Christmas card from Barr's aunt, Katherine Gray, Glasgow.90/22

Christmas greetings airgraph from Barr to Lieutenant W. Stewart Smith.90/23

Maps of Italy.90/24/1-4

Typescript chain letter for "bringing relief and happiness to tired husbands."90/25

Spoof document90/26

Card for officers' transit hotel, Milan.90/27

Newspaper cutting regarding the part played by the 78th Infantry Division in North Africa.90/28

Invitation to a cocktail party at Hotel Lindenhof, Millstatt.90/29

Invitation from Lt Gen Sir Richard Mc Creery for dinner at Schloss Wasserleonburg.90/30

Race card, 78th division summer race meeting.90/31

Newspaper cutting from the Battleaxe entitled "Viennese News"90/32

Programme of music for Talavera Day. Obervellach, Austria.90/33

Message to all ranks by Barr on his farewell to 11 Field Ambulance Unit.90/34

Letter from Captain Harry Michie90/35

Appointment of Barr as Acting Colonel from 19th August 1945.90/36

Christmas card of Allied Land Forces, South East Asia.90/37

Booklet: 78 Division, Battleaxe Club Members.90/38

Battleaxe, newspaper of 78 Division. Farewell number.90/39

Letter from War Office90/40

Letter from Major Jack Irvine90/41

Letter from Dr James Gilroy, Johannesburg90/42

Letter from Ministry of Defence90/43

Composite photograph of members of fifth year medicine, Glasgow University.90/44