All posts Records and researchLetters from a grave new worldFriday 31 October 2014Halloween may traditionally be considered to be the time of the year when the...Records and researchHappy 350th anniversary Royal MarinesTuesday 28 October 2014Today marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines. It is an achievement that...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Prize PapersTuesday 28 October 2014Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display related to the High Court of Admiralty Prize...Records and researchDeath of a PrinceMonday 27 October 2014On 27 October 1914 at Zonnebeke in the Ypres Salient, Prince Maurice of Battenberg,...Records and researchMy Tommy’s war: a history through photosFriday 24 October 2014I knew very little about my grandfather: Alfred Thomas Avis, 1884 -1936. When the...Records and researchSpies and scandals in MI5 filesFriday 24 October 2014Spies, scandal and Marxist historians. Not a combination that usually goes together, but today’s...Records and researchTelling Tommies’ talesTuesday 21 October 2014Today we’re breathing a happy sigh of relief, having sent our competition Telling Tommies’...Records and researchThe Hollywood battalion – part twoMonday 20 October 2014In the first part of this blog post we learnt that four well known...Archives and archivistsExplore Your Archive on TwitterFriday 17 October 2014Archives are amazing. Without them we could not study our personal histories or the...Behind the scenesThe Friends’ Council: thoughts from the riverbankFriday 17 October 2014With The National Archives being so close to the Thames, that has got me...Behind the scenesThe Downton Abbey effectThursday 16 October 2014Retailers of all stamps are constantly chasing the elusive must-have item ‘du jour’ and...Records and researchRemembering our TommiesTuesday 14 October 2014You may not have noticed, as you pass through the reception area here at... « 1 … 120 121 122 123 124 … 168 »