| Title |
Archibald Frederick Brown |
| Reference |
AFB |
| Creator |
Brown, Archibald Frederick |
| Extent and Medium |
Paper |
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| Content and context |
Born in 1897, Brown entered the Royal Engineers in 1913, served with distinction as a sapper in the First World War, then as a surveyor on the Germany-Belgium Boundary Commission and later in West Africa. He was Assistant Superintendent of the Proving Section in the Ordnance Survey in 1951, retiring in 1962. The archive holds a small collection of his personal papers - photographs, his Army Council certificates of education, passports, diplomatic papers relevant to his work in Belgium, pay book, soldier's small book. |
| univmaps/CCSA/AFB contains: |
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AFB_379_13/1
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Photograph of Archibald Frederick Brown, aged 22 years. In a wallet.
Paper. |
1919 |
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AFB_379_13/2
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Third class certificate of education. In a wallet.
paper. |
1912 |
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AFB_379_13/3
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Second class certificate of education. In a wallet; signed by C F Close.
paper. |
1913 |
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AFB_379_13/4
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5th Field Survey Company pass. In a wallet.
paper. |
1917 |
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AFB_379_13/5
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Army Book 64 - soldiers' service and pay book. In a wallet.
paper. |
1912–1928 |
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AFB_379_13/6
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Passport. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/7
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Passport. In a wallet.
paper. |
1923 |
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AFB_379_13/8
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Soldiers' small book. In a wallet.
paper. |
1912 |
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AFB_379_13/9
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Regular army certificate of service. In a wallet; with a variety of papers in back pocket (listed).
paper. |
1912–1933 |
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AFB_379_13/10
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Lecture notes. In a wallet; including water colour of "Pontoon bridge on the Medway from Upnor Hard".
paper. |
1913 |
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AFB_379_13/11
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Ordnance Survey conditions of employment of surveyors and draughtsmen. OSO 10,000 8-36; in a wallet.
paper. |
1936 |
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AFB_379_13/12
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Letterpress machines - details. In a wallet; hand written on card. The dates are approximate.
paper. |
1930–1939 |
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AFB_379_13/13
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Newspaper clipping announcing Brown's retirement from OS. In a wallet.
paper. |
1962 |
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AFB_379_13/14
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Warrant Officer certificate. In a wallet.
paper. |
1935 |
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AFB_379_13/15
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Army certificate of education first class. In a wallet.
paper. |
1933 |
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AFB_379_13/16
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Letter releasing Brown from the Germany-Belgium Boundary Commission. In a wallet; with another copy.
Creator: Waterton, S P.
paper. |
1921 |
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AFB_379_13/17
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German letter of authority to work on the Germany-Belgium Boundary Commission. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/18
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French letter of authority to work on the Germany-Belgium Boundary Commission. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/19
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Belgian letter of authority to work on the Germany-Belgium Boundary Commission. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/20
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Letter of authority, Aachen. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/21
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Letter of authority, Belgium. In a wallet.
paper. |
1920 |
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AFB_379_13/22
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Photograph of Brown in tent. In a wallet. The date is approximate.
paper. |
1920–1929 |
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AFB_379_13/23
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Soldiers' pay book. In a wallet.
paper. |
1918 |
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