War Office Orders, uniform and clothing, correspondence, etc. 1915

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Swansea Corporation, later Swansea County Borough Council, later Swansea City Council, recordsBA, BE, EA, HE, LE, PL, TC and TR

Borough Architect's DepartmentS/BA/hub

Borough Engineer's DepartmentS/BE/hub

Borough Estate Agent's DepartmentS/EA/hub

Medical Officer of Health's DepartmentS/HE/hub

Swansea City Council: Leisure Services DepartmentS/LE/hub

Swansea City Council: Planning DepartmentS/PL/hub

Town Clerk's DepartmentS/TC/hub

Swansea Council MinutesS/TC/1/hub

Signed, printed Swansea council minutesS/TC/2/hub

Printed, unsigned, bound Swansea council minutesS/TC/3/hub

Committee minutesS/TC/4/hub

Committee minutesS/TC/5/hub

Committee minutesS/TC/6/hub

Committee minutesS/TC/7/hub

Committee minutesS/TC/8/hub

Sub-committee minutesS/TC/9/hub

Swansea City Council, Committee Clerks section: agendas and reports of the council and committees, 1974-1995S/TC/11/hub

Civil DefenceS/TC/12/hub

Notices of motionsS/TC/13/hub

Attendance registers at council and committeesS/TC/14/hub

Bye-laws and orders. This class contains signed and/or sealed byelaws, regulations, orders and tables of fees. Some packets contain unsealed copies of the same, some of which have been certified as true copies of sealed originals. Some packets also contain printed notices relating to byelaws, or copies of newspapers and the London Gazette in which such notices have been published. The texts of some nineteenth-century byelaws may also be found in the minutes of the corporation committees and of the Local Board of Health. Nos. 31 and 108 were missing when the series was received by the City Archives in 1978.S/TC/15/hub

Registers of documents sealedS/TC/16/hub

Registers of documents stamped 1958-1980. These registers formed an original series of numbered volumes. When the class was accessioned in July, 1975, volumes 1-7 were missing. The Archives Office classification, therefore, begins with volume No. 8 of the original classification.S/TC/17/hub

Printed standing orders of the CouncilS/TC/18/hub

Swansea Council Yearbooks 1882-1996S/TC/19/hub

The War in South Africa: Mayor's Relief FundS/TC/25/hub

Records relating to the Swansea Battalion Committee (includes records of the Swansea Belgian Refugees Committee)S/TC/26/hub

Swansea Battalion for Lord Kitchener's Army: General correspondence. August/October, 1914TC 26/1

(includes stray material, 1919/20). General correspondence. October, 1914 - December, 1915TC 26/2

Minutes of meetings. September, 1914 - September, 1917TC 26/3

Papers for Committee. 1914-1916TC 26/4

Correspondence with the War Office, etc. September, 1914 - January, 1915TC 26/5

European War, recruiting. November, 1914 - June, 1915TC 26/6

War Office Orders, uniform and clothing, correspondence, etc. 1915TC 26/7

Correspondence re: Kit, etc. April, 1915 - October, 1917TC 26/8

Accommodation for wounded soldiers at Pare Wern, Sketty and Danycoed, Blackpill. 1915TC 26/9

Correspondence, etc. with War Office, etc. re: formation of the Swansea Battalion. 1914TC 26/10

Correspondence. 1914-1915TC 26/11

European War. Proposed Swansea Battalion. Meeting of employers and public meeting. September, 1914TC 26/12

Correspondence re: Drill Hall premises, St. Helen's Road. 1914-1915TC 26/13

Correspondence re: clothing, etc. Tenders. 1914-1915TC 26/14

Uniforms, etc. Tenders not accepted. 1914TC 26/15

Correspondence with Messrs. Samuel Brothers Limited, re: Contract for Boots. 1914-1915TC 26/16

Correspondence with Samuel Brothers Limited re: Kit. 1915TC 26/17

Correspondence re: Dental treatment. 1915TC 26/18

European War. Pits and Works Protection. Correspondence. 1914TC 26/19

Correspondence re: revolvers and binoculars for officers. 1914-1915TC 26/20

Tailoring trade, slackness of work, correspondence. 1914TC 26/21

Separation allowances. Correspondence with Col. L. Dorling. 1914-1915TC 26/22

National Guard. Correspondence. 1914-1915TC 26/23

Swansea Exchange Rifle Corps. Correspondence. 1914TC 26/24

Papers re: Recruiting in Swansea. 1914TC 26/25

Meeting of Employers re: replacing with female labour men of recruitable age. Correspondence, papers and press cuttings. 1915TC 26/26

Queen Alexandra's Field Force Fund, correspondence. 1915TC 26/27

Additional hospital accommodation in schools, correspondence. 1915TC 26/28

National Volunteer Training Corps, appeal for funds, correspondence. 1915TC 26/29

Correspondence re: tenders for kit. 1915TC 26/30

Correspondence re: Guns for Victoria Park for the 3rd First Welsh Howitzer Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Swansea. 1915TC 26/31

Correspondence re: Swansea Defences. 1915TC 26/32

Recruiting, visit of Band of the 3rd South Wales Borders from Pembroke Dock, Marches and Concerts, correspondence, etc. 1915TC 26/33

Munitions of war and registration for military service, and visit from Mr. Lloyd George. 1915TC 26/34

Correspondence re: pipes and tobacco for troops. 1915-1916TC 26/35

Correspondence with Transport Corps. 1915TC 26/36

Correspondence re: Photographs of the Swansea Battalion Committee. 1915TC 26/37

Conference re: Comforts for Welsh Troops . 1915-1916TC 26/38

European War. Raising of the Swansea Battalion. Draft memorandum of the activities of the Committee. 1916TC 26/39

List of names and addresses of next of kin of men proceeding overseas with the 14th (Service) Battalion, the Welch Regiment. 1915TC 26/40

Correspondence re: supply of socks. 1916TC 26/41

Outstanding account with the War Office and correspondence with the Welsh Army Corps., etc. 1916TC 26/42

Third Welsh Field Ambulance. Flags of the Suvia Bay Campaign. 1916TC 26/43

Correspondence re; The list of officers and men of the Swansea Battalion. 1916TC 26/44

Correspondence re: The memorandum of activities of the Committee in raising the Battalion. 1916TC 26/45

Presentation of cup by Col. J.R. Wright in memory of the late Alderman Corker. 1916-1917TC 26/46

Return of Cadre of the Swansea Battalion and handing over of the colours. 1919TC 26/47

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, Colours. 1919-1922TC 26/48

Press cuttings, mainly concerning the 6th and 7th Welch. 1921TC 26/49

Labour crisis. The raising of defence force units. 1921TC 26/50

Correspondence re: The Swansea Battalion Colours. 1923TC 26/51

Correspondence re: The 6th Welch Battalion recruiting. 1921TC 26/52

Correspondence, reports, etc. re: Swansea's activities during World War I. 1925TC 26/53

Correspondence re: Swansea Battalion Colours, including the handing back of the colours for laying-up in St. Mary's Church. 1923-1930TC 26/54

Notes re: pipes and tobacco; of a Swansea boy leaving for the front. 1916TC 26/55

Printed list of locally raised units. n.d. ? 1916TC 26/56

D. Rhys Phillips, The Collection of War Records (Swansea, 1917). 1917TC 26/57

Printed pamphlet giving information on the Territorial Army. 1920TC 26/58

Order of Service for the 'Laying-up' of the King's Colours of the 14th (Swansea) Battalion of the Welch Regiment, in the Parish Church of Swansea, July 10th, 1930. 1930TC 26/59

Posters concerning recruiting for the Territorial Army. n.dTC 26/60

Correspondence re: The Welsh Guards, public meeting, etc., for recruiting. 1915TC 26/61

Report and papers of the Swansea Belgian Refugee Committee. 1916TC 26/62

Forms for the Appeal for water sterilisers for the Belgian Army. n.dTC 26/63

Box containing redeemed food voucher tickets issued to recruits to the Swansea Battalion, mainly 1914; greeting cards and envelopes sent from the Mayor of Swansea to members of the Swansea Battalion at the front, bearing wishes for good luck and a safe return, various dates; tickets of admission and to the stage for a Welsh Guards recruitment drive in Swansea 1915. 1914TC 26/64

Khaki-painted tin box, which originally contained boiled sweets, and former part of a consignment sent by the Battalion Committee to the Battalion at the front Christmas, 1914TC 26/65

Bundle of Envelopes from the Mayor of Swansea bearing the legend 'Good Luck and a Safe Return'. n.dTC 26/66

Bills and invoices (mainly from shops and tradesmen in Hampshire and Wiltshire) concerning supplies of fruit, etc. to the Swansea Battalion. 1915TC 26/67

Mess Account Book of the 14th Battalion, the Welch Regiment. 1915-16TC 26/68

Hand-drawn field map showing site of manoeuvres of Swansea Battalion near Dyserth, North Wales. August, 1915TC 26/69

Embossed gilt tin box bearing the head of Princess Mary and the inscription Christmas, 1914, containing a pencil holder made from a spent cartridge case, and a Christmas card dated 1915, bearing the message 'With best wishes for a victorious New Year from the Princess Mary and friends at home'. (These boxes also originally contained cigarettes and chocolate, and were distributed to the Swansea Battalion by the Battalion Committee on behalf of the Princess Mary's Fund for Soldiers and Seamen, at Christmas, 1915). 1914TC 26/70

Records relating to the Prince of Wales Relief Fund, 1914-1925S/TC/27/hub

Councillors' declarations of acceptance of office 1835-1995S/TC/30/hub

Mayors oaths as a Justice of the PeaceS/TC/34/hub

Justices Oaths of QualificationS/TC/35/hub

Attorneys Bill BooksS/TC/38/hub

Swansea Corporation: House of Commons Session 1922S/TC/48/hub

Letter Books of Correspondence with Central GovernmentS/TC/50/hub

Old Series correspondence filesS/TC/51/hub

Old Series correspondence filesS/TC/52/hub

Old Series correspondence files, 1899-1971 (mostly 1930-1940). The numbers used are the original numbers of the files.S/TC/53/hub

Old Series correspondence filesS/TC/54/hub

Old Series correspondence filesS/TC/55/hub

Old Series correspondence filesS/TC/57/hub

Records relating to the Swansea SlaughterhouseS/TC/60/hub

Chief Sanitary InspectorS/TC/64/hub

Swansea Paving and Lighting CommissionersS/TC/66/hub

Swansea Port Sanitary AuthorityS/TC/71/hub

Freemens rolls of the Borough of SwanseaS/TC/81/hub

Further records relating to freemen and freedom of the Borough of SwanseaS/TC/82/hub

Town Clerk's department: City Status, Commission of the Peace and Armorial EnsignsS/TC/83/hub

Expired leasesS/TC/100/hub

Surrendered leases. The bundles of surrendered leases typically contain the following documents: original building lease; assignment; abstract of title; wills; plans; mortgages, insurance policies; rent books. They have been listed by name of property and original numbering has been retained. There are gaps in the sequence.S/TC/101/hub

Cancelled and unexecuted deeds. Original numbering has been maintained. There are gaps in this series.S/TC/102a/hub

Miscellaneous leases, mortgages and bondsSeries

Departmental contracts. It is likely that this series of records is an amalgamation of two separate series which were merged together after creation. This series of records has been heavily sampled and only contracts relating to the major projects have been retained.S/TC/110/hub

ContractsS/TC/111/hub

Swansea Corporation, Town Clerks Department: Local Acts of Parliament relating to Swansea, Neath, Aberavon and LlanelliS/TC/130/hub

Minutes of evidence in connection with the passage through Parliament of local Bills relating to Swansea and NeathS/TC/131/hub

Records relating to the Mayoral ChainS/TC/150/hub

Various records from the Town Clerks OfficeS/TC/151/hub

Various documents from the Deputy Town Clerks office, relating to major development projects in Swansea in the 1970s and 1980s, including the Quadrant, the Enterprise Zone and the Maritime Quarter.S/TC/152/hub

Swansea Airport: Special Coordinators papersS/TC/161/hub

Registers of licences to assign, sublet or mortgage leasehold premises. Every time a property leased by Swansea County Borough Council (Swansea City Council from 1969) was sold, sublet or mortgaged, the council issued a licence to the tenant giving permission to do so. These volumes contain duplicates of licences issued, which give the name of the current tenant, the person to whom the licence is issued, the date of the original lease, and a brief description of the premises.S/TC/170/hub

Civil Defence files relating to the requisition of properties and other mattersS/TC/200/hub

Records relating to Wartime Civilian DeathsS/TC/201/hub

Mayors Parlour visitors booksS/TC/225/hub

Mayors Secretariat: Mayors (and Council Leaders) Diaries, 1960-1995S/TC/226/hub

Mayors Secretariat: Commemorative programmes, brochures and invitation cardsS/TC/227/hub

Mansion House recordsS/TC/229/hub

Electoral registers for the Borough of Swansea. The records in this class are voters' lists of two types, burgess rolls lists of those eligible to vote in local council elections and parliamentary electoral rolls covering those eligible to vote in a general election. From 1885 most volumes contain both lists. The boundaries of the area covered by these registers is complicated by the fact that the boundaries of the municipal borough of Swansea and the boundaries of the parliamentary boundaries of the Borough of Swansea were not the same. From 1918 onwards there were two constituencies within the boundaries of the municipal borough of Swansea, called Swansea East and Swansea West. Roughly speaking, Swansea East covered St Thomas, Landore, Morriston, Hafod, Cwmbwrla, Treboeth and Eastside, while Swansea West covered the town centre as far as Brynmill Stream on the west, the river Tawe on the east and Townhill on the north. This area excluded Newton, West Cross, Oystermouth, Sketty, Killay, Cockett, Waunarlwydd, Fforestfach, Clase, Ynystawe, Llansamlet and Birchgrove, and all of which were brought within the boundaries of Swansea City in 1918. These areas continued to be part of the Gower Constituency until local government reorganisation in 1974. Many of the registers after 1918 only cover the Swansea West and Swansea East areas. Where the register is said to cover 'Gower' for the years 1918-1974, this means not the whole of the Gower constituency, but only those parts that fell within the City of Swansea.S/TC/231/hub

Electoral Services section: miscellaneous registers, 1955-1977S/TC/232/hub

Electoral Services section: surname indexes to the Swansea electoral register, 1978-1995S/TC/233/hub

Electoral Services section: election posters 1950-1985. These are arranged in bundles by year, and there is one for each ward in which an election is due to take place. They typically include the date of the election, and the names of each candidate, proposer and seconder.S/TC/234/hub

Director of Music: programmes for concerts and events in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 1934-1977S/TC/290/hub

Director of Music: photographs of the Brangwyn OrganS/TC/299/hub

Town Clerk's correspondence relating to the Swansea Cenotaph, 1953S/TC/302/hub

Swansea Grand Theatre - programmes and postersS/TC/322/hub

Swansea Grand Theatre photographsS/TC/324/hub

Swansea Grand Theatre: ScrapbooksS/TC/325/hub

Lord Mayor's Office - Town Twinning and Friendship Agreements, 1982-1992S/TC/330/hub

County borough/City of Swansea Mayors Secretariat: miscellaneous itemsS/TC/2211/hub

Treasurer's DepartmentS/TR/hub