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Manuscript and typescript. Includes compositions and obits, Greek verse written for the 1988 Burghley sermons, and JAC's 80th birthday speech.

Including poems written during the War.

Africa Star with ribbon; Italy Star with ribbon; 1939-1945 Star with ribbon; War Medal 1939-45 with ribbon; Defence Medal with ribbon. With accompanying printed note from the Under-Secretary of State for War.

Including school certificates, his work at Gillingham County School, his matriculation at Oxford University, and his time at the University of Reading.

Medals of Herbert Crook: 1914-15 Star inscribed 'Musician H. Crook. G. Gds.'; 1914 1918 British War Medal inscribed 'Pte. H. Crook. G. Gds.'; 1914-1919 Victory Medal inscribed 'Pte. H. Crook. G. Gds.'; Long service and good conduct medal inscribed 'Musician H. Crook. G. Gds.'

Ribbons for medals on pin.

Silver cigarette case with note '1916-17. Queen of Italy presented personally.'

Small black box containing four ornate buttons.

Metal locket bearing monogram WEC containing black and white photograph with note 'Father' i.e. JAC's grandfather.

Small locket containing coloured photo of soldier. Inscription on back 'Pro patria. "Jack". 1901'.

Grenadier Guards Association enamel pin badge.

Silver frame containing pen cartoon of JAC? in gown talking to woman.

Metal whistle (made in Germany).

Wilkinson Sword nail clippers and file.

Includes marriage and death certificates, financial papers, papers relating to his father's army career, his father's passports, his mother's diaries, John Anthony Crook's birth and baptism certificates.

JAC sits in the front row, eighth from the left.

Includes photos of JAC's father, mother and other relatives, and lots of photos of the young JAC.

Black and white photos of architectural sites and works of art in Siena, Verona, Genoa, Lucca, Bologna, Pisa, Florence, Venice, and Rome.

Contains loose photos of JAC as a boy, photos of his grandparents, and photos dated 1919-27.