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Ephemera 1: Section of a map showing Hayling, no date.
Ephemera 2: Postmark marked Hayling Island 11th December 1967.
Ephemera 3-5: Postcards of South Hayling, no date with caption, ‘Postcards bought while in Erin (1913) at Portsmouth, 1920.

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Ephemera 6: Reproduction of a photograph showing the interior of South Hayling church, no date.
Ephemera 7: Christmas card depicting St Mary’s Church, Hayling Island, 1962.
Ephemera 8: Cutting from newspaper – a letter from W.G. re Hayling Beach Common, 4th May 1886.
Ephemera 9: Postcard of Park Road, South Hayling, no date.


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Ephemera 10: Baptismal certificate of Ronald Hubert Hilliard, 11th November 1884.
Ephemera 11: Announcement of the forthcoming baptism of Hilliard at church of St Mary, Hayling Island, 9th November 1884.
Ephemera 12: Extract from newspaper announcing birth of Hilliard, 1884.
Photograph 1: Baby Hilliard, 1885.
Ephemera 13: Scrap of photographic paper on which is written, ‘Ronald Hubert Hilliard, 1 year old, 1885. (see above).
Photograph 2: Hilliard aged 2 years, 1886.

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Photograph 3: Hilliard wearing a blue serge sailor suit with his mother, ca.1889-1890.
Photograph 4: Hilliard wearing a blue serge sailor suit, ca.1889-1890.
Photographs 5 &6: Hilliard wearing a blue serge sailor suit, ca.1890-1892.

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Photograph 7: Hilliard wearing 17thC fancy dress, Sheerness 1891.
Photographs 8&9: Hilliard wearing his school uniform and mortar board, Rochester, 1895.
Photograph 10: Head and shoulders photograph of Hilliard, Rochester, 1895.

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Photograph 11: Studio photograph of Hilliard wearing a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers and posing on his first bicycle, Rochester 1896.
Photograph 12: Studio photograph of Hilliard in naval cadet’s uniform. Caption, ‘Sheerness May, 1899. Just passed as Naval Cadet. Taken at Eastmead’s, Rochester’. He is wearing blue cloth undress coat, waistcoat, trousers and cap.
Photograph 13: Head and shoulders photograph of Midshipman Hilliard, HMS Drake (1901), 1903.

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Photograph 14: Studio photograph of Sub-Lieutenant Hilliard, Portsmouth 1904. He is wearing blue cloth full dress uniform with epaulettes and is carrying the 1847 pattern solid half basket naval sword.
Photograph 15: Faded photograph of Lieutenant Commander Hilliard, War College Portsmouth, 1914. He is wearing full dress uniform and two medals –Chilean Medal Al Merito 3rd Class and possibly the King George V Coronation Medal 1911.

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Photograph 16: Head and shoulders photograph of Lieutenant Commander Hilliard, Portsmouth, June 1914. In full dress uniform with medals.
Photograph 17: Head and shoulders photograph of Lieutenant Commander Hilliard taken while serving in HMS Inflexible (1907), at Malta 1913. In undress uniform.

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Photograph 18: Head and shoulders photograph of Commander Hilliard taken while in command of HMS Venus (1895), Colombo, Ceylon 1917. In white undress uniform.
Photograph 19: Distant view of Commander Hilliard standing on the deck of HMS Erin (1913) at Sheerness. In undress uniform.

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Ephemera 14: Hilliard’s first communion certificate, 4th December 1898.
Ephemera 15: A magazine cutting of a poem –‘Rule of Life’ by George Daniel, no date.
Ephemera 16: Scrap of paper recording Hilliard’s confirmation.
Ephemera 17: Newspaper cutting report on the war damage to Coventry Cathedral, 1962.
Ephemera 18: Newspaper cutting –announcement of death of Dr G K Allen, Bishop of Chichester 3rd October 1958. His father baptised Hilliard.
Ephemera 19: Daily Telegraph cutting, 6th October 1958 – obituary of Dr G K Allen.
Ephemera 20: Newspaper cutting – announcement of death of Reverend Lancelot, 3rd December 1944.
Ephemera 21: Scrap of paper on which is written quotations from the Bible, no date.
Ephemera 22: Memorial of Hilliard’s confirmation, 30th November 1898.

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Photograph 20: King’s School, Rochester. Playing Fields showing boarders school house building in the background, ca.1890-1901.
Photograph 21: Old school gate to cloisters with Minor Canon Row at right and spires of cathedral showing over gate, ca.1890-1901. Photograph is very faded.
Ephemera 23: Handwritten letter from Hilliard, while at school in Rochester, to his parents June 1893.
Ephemera 24: Scrap of paper on which is sketched the head of a deer. Caption: Father’s birthday, 1897.

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Ephemera 25: Hand made Christmas card presumably by the young Hilliard, 1898.
Ephemera 26: Newspaper cutting re the move of King’s School, Rochester to Scotney Castle, September 1939.
Ephemera 27: Newspaper cutting re the Sheppey Light Railway, The Sheppey Advertiser 1901.
Ephemera 28: Newspaper cutting announcing the naval cadetship of Hilliard, no date.
Ephemera 29: Scrap of paper on which is written the signature of Vice Admiral [Hugo] Pearson, Sheerness 1901.
Ephemera 30: Scrap of paper on which is written an indecipherable signature, no date.

Page 13: Title: Notices of former School fellows of King’s School, Rochester.
Ephemera 31: Newspaper cutting 3rd January 1936 reporting the death of Lt Colonel A B Hearle.
Ephemera 32: Newspaper cutting reporting the death of Lt Colonel P Hearle, RMLI. 17th August 1915.
Ephemera 33: Newspaper cutting reporting the appointment of Lt Colonel A B Hearle as Commander, Royal Artillery, Hong Kong, 29th August 1934.
Ephemera 34: Newspaper cutting –announcement of marriage of Lt Colonel Hearle’s daughter, 12th September 1939.
Ephemera 35: Newspaper cutting – report on the death of Lt Colonel A B Hearle, 29th August 1934.
Ephemera 36-37: Newspaper cuttings, 29th January 1942 – obituary of Captain G C Cooke, HMS Barham (1914).
Ephemera 38: Newspaper cutting from The Times 1928 –Silver Wedding, Cullinan:Isitt.
Ephemera 39: Newspaper cutting –announcement of death of Reverend Trimble, 4th January 1961.
Ephemera 40 and 41: Newspaper cuttings reporting the death of Sir Charles Tuff, 3rd September 1961.
Ephemera 42: Newspaper cutting re Dame Sybil Thorndike, 25th October 1962.
Ephemera 43: Newspaper half tone photograph of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Casson, 1960.

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Ephemera 44: Newspaper obituary – General T W Dowding, no date.
Ephemera 45/1-9: Personal letters to Hilliard from Maurice Watson Manthorp, 1945-1957.

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Ephemera 46/1-4: Personal letters to Hilliard from Maurice Watson Manthorp, 1960-1962.

Page 16: Blank.

Page 17: Title: Maurice Watson Manthorp, M.A. Jesus College, Oxford, a relation of Canon Cheyne of Rochester. School friend 1898.
Photograph 22: Head and shoulders photograph of Manthorp when a young man, no date.
Photograph 23: Head and shoulders photograph of Manthorp as a curate, no date.
Ephemera 47/1-3: Newspaper cuttings relating to the Reverend M W Manthorp, 1906 and 1963.
Ephemera 48: Postcard from Manthorp to Hilliard’s mother, 6th October 1913.
Photograph 24: Group of unidentified clergymen, no date.

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Ephemera 49: Newspaper cutting reporting the death of Professor Cheyne, 17th February 1915.
Ephemera 50/1-7: Assorted ephemera relating to the King’s School, Rochester War Memorial Fund, 1948.
Ephemera 51: Letter of thanks for donation to Captain Hilliard from King’s School, Rochester, 22nd January 1962.
Ephemera 52/1-3: Request for donations to the Canon Parker Memorial Fund, 1953.

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Ephemera 53/1-6: Newspaper death notices of friends of Hilliard who died between 1913 and 1966.

Page 20: Blank.

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Ephemera 54: Cigarette card about the Cross of St George, no date.
Ephemera 55: Map of Kent and Essex, no date.
Ephemera 56: Photogravure of Rochester Castle, 1898.

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Ephemera 57: Photogravure of Rochester Bridge from the Castle, no date.
Ephemera 58: Photogravure of Rochester Castle, no date.
Ephemera 59: Colour photogravure of Rochester Cathedral, 1903.

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Ephemera 60/1-2: Newspaper cuttings re Dame Sybil and Russell Thorndike, 1962-1963.
Ephemera 61: Newspaper death notice –Eleanor Greenstreet, 1923.
Ephemera 62: The Times cutting 6th March 1943 re death of Dean of Rochester.
Ephemera 63: Newspaper death notice – Alice Biggs, 1963.
Ephemera 64: Photogravure of west front of Rochester Cathedral, no date.
Ephemera 65: Colour photogravure of west front of Rochester Cathedral, 1905.

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Photograph 25: Faded photograph of somewhere in Rochester, no date.
Ephemera 66: Colour photogravure of Rochester Cathedral, 1964.
Ephemera 67: Photogravure of Corn Exchange, Rochester, no date.
Ephemera 68/1-2: Two photogravures of interior of Rochester Cathedral, no date.

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Ephemera 69/1-4: Photogravure views of Rochester, no date.
Ephemera 70: Photogravure of General Gordon’s memorial at Brompton, no date.
Ephemera 71: Photogravure of Kits Coty House, no date.
Photograph 26: Faded photograph of Rochester Castle, no date.
Photograph 27: Faded photograph of Mrs Gwynne with death notice, 1907.

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Ephemera 72/1-6: Photogravure views of Rochester, Chatham and Brompton, no date.

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Ephemera 73: Newspaper cutting re the French Hospital at Rochester, August 1959.
Ephemera 74: Newspaper photogravure of unveiling of Kitchener statue at Chatham, 26th April 1960.
Ephemera 75: Newspaper cutting re discovery of Roman road at Rochester, 26th April 1962.
Ephemera 76: Colour photogravure of Rochester Cathedral, 1905.
Ephemera 77: Stamp with frank mark Chatham Feb 14 05.
Photograph 28: View of new Bridge and Pier, Rochester, no date.
Ephemera 78: Photogravure from Financial Times 1963 showing road bridge near Rochester.

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Ephemera 79: Cutting from the Morning Post 27th May 1896 –Coronation of the Emperor of Russia.
Ephemera 80: Newspaper photogravure (3rd November 1967) of the Coronation of the Emperor of Russia.

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Ephemera 81: Advertisement for a Lincoln Stamp Album, no date.
Ephemera 82: Sketch entitled ‘Diagram of a Sand Palace (exact), no date.
Ephemera 83: Pencil sketch of Pinkhurst Farm, Slinfold, 1896.

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Ephemera 84/1-3: Pencil sketches of Pinkhurst Farn, Slinfold, 1896.

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Ephemera 85: Photogravure of Queen Victoria on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee, 1897.

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Photograph 29: Commercial photograph of Queen Victoria, 1897.
Ephemera 86: Photogravure from The Times 1st April 1965 showing horse drawn vehicles in Regent Street, 1900.

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Ephemera 87: Chart of the position of the fleet at Spithead 26th June 1897 – Diamond Jubilee Review.
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Ephemera 88: Magazine cutting –view of Diamond Jubilee Procession passing the National Gallery, 1897.

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Ephemera 89: Cutting from Diamond Jubilee Naval Review programme, 26th June 1897.

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Ephemera 90-92: Magazine cuttings – views of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and ships taking part in the Spithead Review, 26th June 1897.

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Ephemera 93-95: Magazine cuttings –views of ships taking part in the Spithead Review, 26th June 1897.

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Ephemera 96: Magazine cutting – view of The Fleet Illuminated looking East, 26th June 1897.

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Ephemera 97: Two sided cutting from the Picture Post 16th September 1939 –view of Queen Victoria and some of her family, 1894 and view of Queen Victoria in her donkey chair in the South of France, 1897.
Ephemera 98: Cutting from the Picture Post (no date) –view of King Edward VII with family.

Pages 40-42: Blank pages.

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Ephemera 99: Early Stamp Collection Records 1892-1958.

Page 44: Blank page.

Page 45
Ephemera 100: Chart of Egypt and the Soudan published in 1898 before the re-occupation of the Soudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces.

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Ephemera 101: Chart of Kent, no date.

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Photographs 30&31: Two photographs of unidentified people at Sheerness, ca.1898.
Photograph 32: Hilliard’s parents on the beach at Sheerness, 1898.
Photograph 33: View of Maurice Manthorpe in school uniform, 1898.
Ephemera 102-105: Photogravure view of Sheerness, 1897-1901.

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Photographs 34-35: Too faded to identify.
Photograph 36: View of Dr, Mrs Caesar and child, ca.1898.
Ephemera 106: View of the Lower Esplanade, Sheerness, ca.1898.
Ephemera 107: Newspaper cutting -obituary of Admiral Sir Alan Hotham from The Times 12th July 1965.
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Ephemera 108: Newspaper cutting from Daily Telegraph 11th October 1963 –reproduction of a 17th C drawing of Queenborough Castle.
Photograph 37: View of unidentified woman and children, ca.1898.
Photograph 38: View of Dr and Mrs Caesar and child, Sheerness, ca.1898.
Photograph 39: View of bridge at Rochester, 1898.
Ephemera 109: Letter from Maurice Manthorpe to Hilliard re Isle of Sheppey, 1901.
Ephemera 110: Newspaper cutting re Isle of Sheppey Toll, 1927.

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Photographs 40-43: View of Sittingbourne and Lower Halstow church, 1898.

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Photographs 44-47: View of churches at Thorpe-le-Soken, St Osyth and Canterbury Cathedral. 1898.
Ephemera 111: George V half penny stamp.
Ephemera 112-113: Photogravure views of Minster Abbey and Queenborough churches, no date.
Ephemera 114: Newspaper cutting from The Times 26th November 1946 re mill at St Osyth.

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Photographs 48-50: Views of Canterbury Cathedral and Holyhead, 1897-98.
Ephemera 115: Cutting from the Daily Telegraph 7th December 1964 re Minster Abbey Church.
Ephemera 116: Colour photogravure of Minster Abbey Church, no date.

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Ephemera 117: Cutting from The Times 6th July 1965 re coastal enclosures.
Ephemera 118: Chart of the Isle of Sheppey, ca.1898.
Ephemera 119: Part of a chart showing Kent and East Sussex coast, no date.
Ephemera 120: Photogravure of Dover Harbour, June 1903 ‘as it will appear when completed’.
Ephemera 121: Colour postcard of Dover Castle, no date.
Ephemera 122: Advertisement for Stanley Gibbons, Ltd, no date.

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Ephemera 123: Newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph 26th April 1955 re the Dreyfus case.

Pages 55-56
Ephemera 124: Newspaper cutting from The Times 13th July 1935 –obituary Alfred Dreyfus.

Pages 57-59:
Ephemera 125-138: Articles, newspaper and magazine cuttings, 1898-1960’s re Sheerness Dockyard and Whitstable.

Page 60: Blank page.

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Photograph 51: View of HMS Britannia (1820) and HMS Hindostan (1841) moored in the River Dart, no date. Commercial photograph.

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Photograph 52: Captain and staff, HMS Britannia (1820) ca.1899-1900.

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Photograph 53: Passing Out term. Group of Britannia naval cadets including Hilliard,1900. Hilliard has identified the group on a separate piece of paper.

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Photograph 54: Four members of HMS Britannia (1820) fencing team with a lieutenant, ca.1900. None are identified.

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Photograph 55: Group of Captains of Cadets, HMS Britannia (1820), 1900. All are identified. See page 77-78.

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Photograph 56: View of cadets exercising on parade ground at Dartmouth, ca.1900.

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Photograph 57: Group of naval cadets, some wearing fencing gear with instructors. Other cadets are holding clubs and two are wearing boxing gloves, ca.1900. All are identified. Commercial photograph.

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Ephemera 139-140: Cuttings from magazines showing Dartmouth Royal Naval College and ferry, 1961-2.
Ephemera 141: Newspaper cutting, 26th November 1963 –half tone aerial view of Dartmouth Royal Naval College from the air.

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Photograph 58: View of HMS Britannia (1820) and HMS Hindostan (1841) on the river Dart, ca.1900.

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Photograph 59: View of Dartmouth Castle, ca.1930’s.
Ephemera 142: Births and deaths notices from newspapers, 1961-1968.
Photograph 60: Naval cadet (possibly Hilliard), HMS Britannia, 1899.
Ephemera 143: Cutting from unidentified source –list of Britannia cadets (including Hilliard) with examination results, ca.1900.

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Photograph 61: Interior view of unidentified chapel, no date.

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Photograph 62: Sports day presumably at Dartmouth, ca.1900.

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Ephemera 144: Two stamps, one of Queen Victoria, the other a French stamp, ca.1900.
Ephemera 145-149: Postcards of Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, 1900.

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Ephemera 150: Stamp, 1900.
Ephemera 151: Cutting from the Times 20th November 1961 –half tone image of General Conje.

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Photograph 63: View of HMS Racer (1884) at anchor, ca.1900.

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Photograph 64: Faded photograph of a group of naval cadets, no date.
Ephemera 152: Newspaper cuttings re deaths of naval officers, 1959-1960.

Pages 77-78
Ephemera 153: 50th Anniversary Dinner Menu at United Services Club, 10th May 1949 with list of officers who were cadets with Hilliard 1899-1900. See page 65.

Pages 79-81
Ephemera 153: Newspaper obituaries of naval officers who were cadets with Hilliard, May 1899 term, 1940’s -1960’s.

Page 82: Blank.

Page 83-84
Ephemera 154: Correspondence and menus re the 50th anniversary dinner for Hilliard’s term of naval cadets, 1949.

Page 85
Ephemera 155: Newspaper cuttings re Vice Admiral Wade Caulfeild and the Association of Retired Naval Officers, 1936-7.
Ephemera 156: Brochure re the Royal Naval Association, no date.

Page 86: Blank.

Page 87
Ephemera 157: Extract from the Imperial Postage Stamp Album 1899.

Pages 87-88
Ephemera 158: Newspaper cuttings May 1898 re the death of Gladstone.

Pages 89-90
Ephemera 159: Newspaper cutting re the death of Bismarck, 28th July 1898.

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Ephemera 160: Newspaper cutting re the death of Felix Faure, French President, 16th February, 1899.

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Ephemera 161: Newspaper cuttings, 1929 re South Kensington Exhibition, Victorian London and the Brighton Road in 1862.