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Ref: MUS/831st Cardiganshire Battalion Home GuardAcc. 2599
MUS/83/1 Scrapbook-style book [photographs & duplicated typed notes] concerning the 1st Cardiganshire Battalion Home Guard. Text by Major S.J.F. Philpott. This may be one of only six copies produced by the Cambrian News. Contains a history, information on individuals in the regiment, an illustration of the command structure and a number of photographs. The volume was presented to the Regimental Sergeant Major Jack Roberts 'for sterling services rendered'
No date â€" c. 1945
Acc. 2606
MUS/83/2 Another copy of the same scrapbook, incl. newspaper cutting (undated) about the Battalion's annual dinner, and Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Lt. Col. D. C. Lewis, the Battalion’s Commanding Officer (to whom this book was presented) by the Western Command on 1 January 1945
Also photocopy of item 2.
Acc. 3300
MUS/83/3 Another copy of the same scrapbook. The volume was presented to the Sector Commander Col. B. Taylor Lloyd, D.L., M.C., 'as a token of our deep appreciation of his inspiring leadership'