Letter from Pat (Percival) Argyle. Pat Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to ...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Date: March 24, 1915
Concert to be held at the Opera House, Palmerston North on Sunday 29th March 1942, at 8.15pm.
Creator: Womens War Service Auxiliary
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 1942
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, is presumed t...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: July 1, 1915
Correspondence from E. M. Taylor to Hannah & Young Printers Ltd. regarding a photograph taken at the H. L Young staff and families picnic, 20 February 1926.
Date: April 1999
Invitation to Charlotte Warburton and Concert Party, to attend a combined Unit and Camp staff Complimentary Dance held at Linton Camp 17 July 1945. Charlotte Warburton (1883-1961) was chairwoman of the Women's War Service Auxiliary in Palmerston N...
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1945
Envelope addressed to Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League, from the Prime Minister's office. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served with the allies in Wor...
Creator: Prime Minister's Office
Place: Wellington
Date: 1943
Letter from the Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland, stationed at the Legation de Pologne in Cairo, Egypt, to Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League. The letter thanks the Polish Army League for gift parcels. The Polish Army League, founded ...
Creator: Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland
Place: Egypt
Date: April 27, 1942
Arthur Batchelar served in the Manawatu Mounted Rifles in both the Boer War and World War One. Major Batchelar commanded the troops travelling on the HMS 'Tofua' which stopped in Albany, a rendezvous point for New Zealand troops departing to serve...
Creator: Officer Commanding Troops, Albany
Place: Albany, Australia
Date: November 24, 1917
In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a Clock Tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. The Returned Services' Association wrote to the Mayor expr...
Creator: Palmerston North Returned Services' Association
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 3, 1953
This letter has been addressed by Lord Palmerston (signature below address) from Romney 21 November 1820, to B C Williams Esquire, 9 Lincolns Inn, London. The letter contained within, dated the day before, is written by E P Buckley. Lord Palmersto...
Creator: Lord Palmerston and E P Buckley
Place: England
Date: November 21, 1820
Letter in the hand of Lord Melbourne requesting information on 'Ralph Milbank - midshipman - has been two years in the West Indies in a … schooner, the Jack Daw, making surveys....'. Three pages, not all writing is legible. Further comments writte...
Creator: Lord Melbourne
Place: England
Date: September 9, 1834
This record served as an envelope around a letter, addressed to John Fraser Company, Hampstead, Middlesex [England]. The name Clarence is underlined next to the address. The Duke of Clarence later became King William IV of England, when Lord Palme...
Creator: Duke of Clarence
Place: England
Date: November 10, 1826
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Trenthan, Upper Hutt
Date: January 27, 1915
Letter from Pat (Percival) Argyle. Pat Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to ...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Near Cairo, Egypt
Date: March 28, 1915
Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Pat to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Egypt
Date: April 30, 1915
Battered remains of an envelope originally containing John Henry Chapman’s last letter (dated October 1918) to his younger brother Will Chapman, then serving in Northern France. It was returned to sender, arriving just under a year ...
Creator: John Chapman
Date: 1918
Sylvia Haycock was a long time employee of C M Ross, beginning with the firm in 1902. She was also made a shareholder in 1915. C M Ross Co. Ltd was one of the foremost department stores of Palmerston North and operated in The Square from 1883 unti...
Creator: J R Hardie - Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 1952
Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was the son of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. At the time of this letter he was working with the railways in Wellington. This letter is to his mother, mainly talking about other family members (including D...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Wellington area
Date: June 21, 1911
Lord Melbourne was the brother-in-law of Lord Palmerston, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a time when Lord Palmerston was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This record is part of a collection relating to Lord Palmerston (1784-18...
Creator: Lord Melbourne
Place: England
Date: unknown
Envelope addressed in the handwriting of the Duke of Wellington, to John ..., Liverpool, from London date stamped 9 June 1830. The Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for short time when Lord Palmerston was Secretary of Sta...
Creator: Duke of Wellington
Place: England
Date: June 9, 1830
Letter from Young Soldiers of the Polish Forces to the Polish Army League, thanking them for a letter and food parcel and asking questions about life in New Zealand. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with a...
Creator: Young Soldiers, Polish Forces
Place: Middle East
Letter from Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army, to Charlotte Warburton, chairwoman of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, inviting her and other officers of the Auxiliary, to a Regimental Dance at the Coconut Grove in Palmerston Nort...
Creator: Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army
Date: June 23, 1942
Envelope addressed to Mr Henry Argyle of Bunnythorpe, from one of his sons, Pat or Len, who served overseas in World War One. Both men died at Gallipoli in 1915.
Creator: Len or Pat Argyle
Date: August 5, 1915
Postcard sent to Hector Argyle of Bunnythorpe, from his brother Pat (Percival) who was serving overseas in World War One. Nothing personal was written on these postcards, except for a name and date. Pat Argyle later died at Gallipoli in 1915.
Creator: Pat Argyle
Date: June 20, 1915
Letter from S. Kopanski, O.C. Polish Carpathian Division to the Polish Army League, thanking them for parcels and the work they are doing. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish so...
Creator: S Kopanski
Place: Middle East
Date: June 22, 1942
Letter (aerogramme) from Kubaczka Adam, kpt, to the Polish Army League. Written in Polish. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served with the allies in World War Two.
Creator: Kubaczka Adam, kpt.
Place: Unknown
Date: March 8, 1945
Letter from a Polish soldier to the Polish Army League, thanking them for the parcel he received from them. The Polish Army League, founded in Palmerston North in WWII, corresponded with and sent parcels to Polish soldiers who served with the alli...
Creator: Polish soldier
Place: Unknown
Date: March 30, 1945
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, was sent from...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt
Date: January 6, 1915
Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was the son of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. At the time of this letter in Wellington at 'Nathans". Mention is made of the Peters family. Alice Argyle was born Alice Peters.
Pat enlisted and served in Wo...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Wellington
Date: circa 1912
Letter from Pat (Percival), son of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe, to his young brother Leslie. Pat enlisted with his brother Len and served in World War One. They both died at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli in 1915. Pat (1890-1915) was born in Car...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: 1915