Pilot's Flying Log Books
Photograph Albums
Writings
The remaining items include loose photographs and miscellaneous ephemera.
Number & Link |
Description | Location |
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AGTJ-1 | A.G.T. James, Some Future Spring. Original typescript book drafts (various copies) with manuscript amendments and insertions. | Original copies held by various family members |
AGTJ-1-1 |
Summary comparison
of different versions prepared by John Barnard, Aug 2019
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AGTJ-1-2 |
Copy A - omits
chapters B17 and C11-C14 and has short Epilogue
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Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-1-3 |
Copy B - omits
Prologue and chapters C11-C14 and has separate Epilogue
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Held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-1-4 |
Copy
C - later version; has expanded Prologue, omits chapter A1, has
chapters A2-A11 retyped and renumbered C1-C10, omits chapters A12-A18
and has additional chapters C11-C14 and expanded Epilogue
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Held by Julien Garran |
AGTJ-1-5 |
Copy D (contains no
material not in either or both Copy A and Copy B)
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Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-1-6 |
Copy E
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Held by Brian Harrisson |
AGTJ-2 | A.G.T. James, Towards the Stars. A Career in the Royal Air Force. Typescript memoirs marked "Master Copy" (bound typescript 255pp) | Original copy held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-3 | Funeral and eulogies for AGTJ's wife, Nini (nee van Gesseler Verschuir), held at Salisbury Crematorium 3 Jul 2017 | |
AGTJ-3-1 | Order of Service | Original copy held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-3-2 | Biography by Nini's daughter Astrid Garran | Original copy held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-3-3 | Appreciation by Nini's grandson Julien Garran | Copy held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-4 | A. G. Trevenen James, The Royal Air Force: The Past 30 Years. London, Macdonald and Jane's, 1976. With inscription to the author's sister Pascha and brother-in-law Mordo Barnard, Christmas 1976. [See also AGTJ/28] | Original copy held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-5 | Photo of English Pubic Schools Fencing Championships from Daily Telegraph, 7 Apr 1934 showing AGTJ seated on right. | Original cutting held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-6 | Manuscript poem by AGTJ, "Invocation to Rain, Miranshah Fort, 18 May 1938" [See AGTJ/26 for other poems] | Original held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-7 | Manuscript letter from AGTJ at Westminster School to his parents, 4 Jun 1933. Describes fencing match against Winchester College, christening of "The Pentreath's" baby [Rev. Guy Pentreath (1902-1985) who was master of the King's Scholars at Westminster, 1930-34]; [brother] Bob's appetite and swimming activities; enquiry as to "Beardie's" [the James family gardener) luck [in betting on] the Derby; a monitor's success is placing first four horses in Daily Mail competition with £2000 prize and hope that the headmaster does not hear about it. | Original held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-8 | Manuscript letter from AGTJ in India to his parents, 12 and 13 Jan 1942, with transcript. Ordered to Bangalore on Christmas Eve for meeting with Americans; Jack Phelps visited Doekel in Peshawar for Christmas; visited Poppette Sleightholme (mother of AGTJ's god-daughter) in Delhi; likely to be posted to Burma with brief visit to Peshawar first; Doekel reports [morning] sickness now over; confidence in final outcome [of war] in Pacific theatre; hope to be back in old India in time for "great event" [birth of first child]; letter received from Huck. [First four pages in pencil, last two in ink] | Original held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-9 | Album of photographs of AGTJ's wedding in Delhi on 1 April 1940. Inscribed by AGTJ "For dad on his birthday 11 July 1940, with love and good wishes from Doekel and Trev, his first daughter-in-law and second son". [23cm x 16.5cm, 13 photos with captions; grey carboard with cord binding. One page with photographs of the guard of honour outside the church appears to have been removed, but is present in the otherwise identical AGT/35, along with a newspaper cutting from The Statesman] | Original held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-10 | 3 mounted wedding photos (none of which appear in the AGTJ/9 album). [N.B. an additional wedding photograph, not found elsewhere, is in Pascha James's album PTJ/1 and has been included the scanned PDF file linked here] | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-11 | Telegram dated 19 May 1942 reporting birth of Astrid James "Cable per arduaadastrid at nine oclock 12 may doekel became mother i father of nine pounds of daughter have spoken on long distance phone to someone who has seen both looking wonderful so it must be true" [This telegram was sent from Paignton to "James c/o Canon Frank Hutchinson, the College, Worcester Cathedral", so is presumably Ethel forwarding the news to Lionel who was visiting Worcester] | Original held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-12 | Photographs of baby Astrid James, some with her mother or father | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-13 | Photographs of Astrid James as a young girl, one with her father | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-14 | Photo of AGTJ with members of his Bomber Crew (3 identical prints). [The same image also appears on page 24 of photograph album AGTJ/19.] | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-15 |
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Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-16 | Photographs of wedding of Astrid James to Robin Garran, Feb 1967 (mainly of the bridesmaids) | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-17 | Photographs of AGTJ's grandson Julien Garran as a small boy. One with his mother Astrid, one with Anne and John Barnard taken at 125 Harley Street | Original prints held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-18 | "Photograph Album No. 1 (1936-1939)". Contains pages numbered 5-6, and 9-20 (i.e. 1-4 and 7-8 missing). Photos from RAF service on Indian Northwest Frontier 1937-1939, Calcutta 1943, Quetta 1941, and 578 Squadron at Burn, Yorkshire 1944-5 (including "get well" postcard from his bomber crew, Feb 1945, with signatures on reverse) [29 cm x 33cm, blue cover]. Negatives for some of the photos are included in AGTJ/43. | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-19 | "Photograph Album No. 3 (July 1941 onwards)". Photos from Quetta 1941, Simla 1942 (Astrid as a baby), Calcutta, darjeeling 1943, Upper Boddington 1944, Burn 1945, Bigbury, Paignton Sep 1943, Holland 1946, visit to Pearson cousins 1946, Germany 1950 [37cm x 29cm, brown cover]. Separate prints of the photograph of AGTJ with his 578 Squadron bomber crewon page 24 are also held as AGTJ/14. | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-20 | James arms and crest painted on wood by A.G. Trevenen James (age 15) and given to his father Lionel James for his 63rd birthday. Inscribed on back "To Dad, love Trev 1931 July 11th" | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-21 | List of Trev and Nini's 32 different homes during his RAF career 1940-1960. Compiled by RCT James 8 Aug 2003 [one page typescript] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-22 | Copy of The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language selected and arranged with notes by Francis Turner Palgrave (London: OUP, 1926). Presented to AGTJ as an English Prize from Brighton College Preparatory School, 25 July 1929 [Images of title page and inscription taken Aug 2019] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-23 | AGTJ's Pilot's Flying Log Book, with entries from 10 May 1935 to 27 Sep 1937 (from 14 Nov 1936 with 20 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, India (Peshawar). [Image of cover taken Aug 2019] See also AGTJ/46. | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-24 | Copy of The Sayings of Confucius given to AGTJ by his brother RCT James, with inscription: "AGTJ. To the willy-nilly official who, having time to spare, wisely devotes it to study, from the student who, when he has time to spare, tries to devote it to public affairs. RJ, April 1945" [Images of cover and inscription taken Aug 2019] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-25 | [Not assigned - duplicate of AGTJ/19] | |
AGTJ-26 | Album of AGTJ's poems, written in the mid 1960s or early 1970s, along with accompanying photographs. 19 poems are included, 12 of them in sonnet form. [See also AGTJ/6] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ-27 | Photos of Nini James on her 100th birthday, 4 December 2016. With daughter Astrid Garran and great-granddaughter Georgia Garran | Scanned images assembled by John Barnard |
AGTJ-28 | Review of AGTJ's The Royal Air Force: the Past Thirty Years [AGTJ-4] in Flight International, 2 Apr 1977, p. 828, and AGTJ's response to its critical comments in letter to the editor, Flight International, 23 Apr 1977, pp. 1147-8. | Scanned extracts assembled by John Barnard |
AGTJ-29 | Extract from Westminster School Grants House Ledger 1931-39: Head of House's report (3pp) on Election (summer) Term 1934 by Geoffrey Dervas Everington (1915-1982 - he later had a distinguished career as a patent lawyer and QC). Several references to AGTJ including summary of school career and complimentary remarks on his role as a monitor. Also brief reference to AGTJ's younger brother ("James R") | Scanned copy of MS provided by Westminster School Archivist, Feb 2021 |
AGTJ/30 | "Photograph Album No. 2 (summer 1937 - summer 1941)". Photos from 1939 home leave (visits to Holland and Cornwall), engagement party, wedding, honeymoon, Simla summer 1940, Delhi Sep 1940 - Apr 1941, sailing in "Bay of Bom" [28.5cm x 37cm, brown cover repaired with tape] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/31 | Photograph Album: USA 1947-1948. Also contains photos from Sicily (including visit to Taormina) and England 1950 (visit to E.J. Nicholls) [32cm x 34cm, red cover, cord binding largely disintegrated, and pages fragile] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/32 | Photograph Album: Germany, France etc. 1950-1958. Including photos from Austria, Pakistan, Italy, Portugal, Athens (1961), Cyprus (1970) and a few from later in the 1970s. [42cm x 31cm, green cover, most pages loose, 31 numbered double pages, plus 3 additional un-numbered pages at back] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/33 | Photograph album: mainly 1950s, including Isle of Man, Waddeston; mainly photos of Nini and of Astrid, some of Jack Karran [24cm x 30cm, bound, with brown paper wrapper in poor condition; colour photos badly faded] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/34 | Photograph album "Oma's Album". Photos of Astrid as a baby, America 1947-48, Sicily 1949, The old Forge 1952-54, Geneva 1955, Holland 1946, Henley 1949 (with Pascha James and Huck James), Nini as a child, Waddeston Manor, Oma and Opa [Nini's parents] [19cm x 24cm, bound with grey board and green leather spine] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/35 | Album of photographs of AGTJ's wedding in Delhi on 1 April 1940. Inscribed "To Mummy and daddy with all our love, for making it possible, Doekel & Trev, on my return to Holland after 6 long years". Photographs identical to those in AGTJ/9, with the addition of two images of the guard of honour outside the church, and newspaper cutting from "The Statesman" containing brief report on the wedding [23cm x 16.5cm, grey cardboard, bound with cord (front cover detached)] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/36 | Album of photographs from wedding of Trev and Nini's daughter Astrid to Robin Garran, 18 Feb 1967. Including order of service etc, and photos of honeymoon in Maderia, with various family letters inserted at back. Few photos of wedding guests other than immediate families of bride and groom. [30cm x 32cm, green cover] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/37 | Framed portrait photo of AGTJ in RAF uniform, circa 1937, with name of Delhi photographer [22cm x 29cm, lower border of frame missing] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/38 | Framed portrait photo of AGTJ in uniform as trainee pilot, circa 1935 [12cm x 17cm] | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/39 | Set of 26 photo prints in envelope marked "Westminster", probably 1930s. Including various unidentified people (poosble members of James family), and views of Westminster School, and of an airship (possibly the Graf Zeppelin) | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/40 | 39 photo prints, marked "Miscellaneous" and "Home and Holiday". Probably 1930s. Including James family members, some at Moyses. | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/41 | Set of postcards sent by Nini to Trev, 1936-1939
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Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/42 | Photo of AGTJ with a horse (presumably Rosinante). Inscribed on back "A rest in the shade of the Tamarinds, to cool down, and a lump of sugar for the horse | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/43 | 5 sets of
photographic negatives from Waziristan, labelled 1938 and 1939.
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Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/44 | Photo of Nini van Gesseler Verschuir, inscribed on back "Engagement day! 4 Dec 1939" (her 23rd birthday) | Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/45 | Miscellaneous items from Trev and Nini's wedding
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Held by Astrid Garran |
AGTJ/46 | AGTJ's pilot's logbook covering period 1937-1955. Images available at http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/Log-Books/Wing-Commander-Arthur-G-T-James-O-B-E-10-578-Squadron . See also AGTJ/23. | Original held by collector Bobbie Joe Grew |
AGTJ/47 | Record of AGTJ's RAF service 1935 to 1955. Copied from inside back cover of AGTJ/46 logbook, with annotations dated 1 Dec 2020 [Image 3336 at http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/Log-Books/Wing-Commander-Arthur-G-T-James-O-B-E-10-578-Squadron] | Held by Bobbie Joe Grew |
AGTJ/48 | AGTJ's service medals: OBE, North West Frontier Medal 1936-37; 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45 [Images 3259, 3262 and 3263 at http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/Log-Books/Wing-Commander-Arthur-G-T-James-O-B-E-10-578-Squadron] | Originals held by collector Bobbie Joe Grew |
AGTJ/49 | Citation for AGTJ's work as Wing Commander, Organisation, RAF No. 221 Group Headquarters [Calcutta, 1942-3] "He has had the responsibility of the organisation of group headquarters, the various ancilliary units and formations in Calcutta and the many stations which have been formed in Bengal. He has completed his tasks in the face of almost insuperable difficulties, working long hours throughout a record hot weather season. It is largely due to this officer's untiring efforts and unstinting devotion to duty that the various organisations have been able to function with smoothness and efficiency." [Image 3265 at http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/Log-Books/Wing-Commander-Arthur-G-T-James-O-B-E-10-578-Squadron] | Held by Bobbie Joe Grew |
AGTJ-50 | Unframed portrait photo of AGTJ in RAF Uniform | Held by John Barnard |
AGTJ-51 | Royal Air Force 578 Squadron Operations Book. TNA reference AIR 27/2050 (available for digital download) [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C2504692]. AIR 27/2050/16 (digital image 52) contains records for August 1944, including bombing raid over Brest on 25 Aug 1944 described in AGTJ/1. | Original held at the National Archives |
AGTJ-52 | Hugh Cawdron, Based at Burn Mk II. 578 Burn Association (2nd Edition, 2001) ISBN 978-0952531715. [A history of 578 Squadron and its first commander David Wilkerson; AGTJ's poem "Bomber Crew" appears on p. 233] | |
AGTJ-53 | Andrew Roe, "Friends in high places: air power on the North-West Frontier of India", Air Power Review, 11 (2), 30-43 (2008). [Article giving background information on the Waziristan campaign in which AGTJ participated in the late 1930s] |