Peter Lamprey
Title
Peter Lamprey
Description
A variety of b/w photos, one a head and shoulders shot of Peter Lamprey in uniform, others showing the resting places of Peter and some of his crew members. There is also a poem by John Pudney.
Language
Format
Three b/w photographs on three album pages
Publisher
Rights
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Identifier
MStandivanAR1717552-170629-05 PStandivanAG17020042, PStandivanAG17020043, PStandivanAG17020061, PStandivanAG17020062, PStandivanAG17010007
Transcription
[underlined] PETER LAMPREY [/underlined]
MAY 41 AC2 BLACKPOOL
JUN 41 AC2 YATESBURY [symbol] SEP
OCT 41 AC2 INVERNESS [symbol] JAN
JAN 42 ACT2 TIREE
FEB 42 AC2 INVERNESS [symbol] MAR.
MAR 42 AC2 TIREE -[symbol] MAY.
MAY 42 AC2/LAC INVERNESS [symbol] SEP
SEP 42 LAC YATESBURY
NOV 42 LAC CASTLE KENNEDY
DEC 42 SGT HIXON [symbol] MAY
JUL 43 SGT LUDFORD MAGNA [symbol] JAN 44
CONVERSION COURSE TO HEAVY BOMBERS RAF LINDHOLM.
ONE LETTER FROM RAF CHURCH BROUGHTON
[page break]
Lan ‘len’ [indecipherable word]
Reading Place
Peter Lamprey & Crew
Bomber.
FOR JOHNNY
(1941)
Do not despair
For Johnny-head-in-air;
He sleeps as sound
As Johnny underground.
Fetch out no shroud
For Johnny-in-the-cloud;
And keep your tears
For him in after years.
Better by far
For Johnny-the-bright-star
To keep your head
And see his children fed.
From 'Dispersal Point,'
by JOHN PUDNEY
[page break]
[photograph]
Peter Lamprey.
[photograph]
Crew of the Bomber.
Lan ‘len’ MCall
Harg. (Mountains)
Germany.
[page break]
[photograph]
[page break]
Lan ‘len’ [indecipherable word]
Reading Place
Peter Lampery & Crew
Bomber.
Shot down over Hanover Germany
[page break]
[photograph]
MAY 41 AC2 BLACKPOOL
JUN 41 AC2 YATESBURY [symbol] SEP
OCT 41 AC2 INVERNESS [symbol] JAN
JAN 42 ACT2 TIREE
FEB 42 AC2 INVERNESS [symbol] MAR.
MAR 42 AC2 TIREE -[symbol] MAY.
MAY 42 AC2/LAC INVERNESS [symbol] SEP
SEP 42 LAC YATESBURY
NOV 42 LAC CASTLE KENNEDY
DEC 42 SGT HIXON [symbol] MAY
JUL 43 SGT LUDFORD MAGNA [symbol] JAN 44
CONVERSION COURSE TO HEAVY BOMBERS RAF LINDHOLM.
ONE LETTER FROM RAF CHURCH BROUGHTON
[page break]
Lan ‘len’ [indecipherable word]
Reading Place
Peter Lamprey & Crew
Bomber.
FOR JOHNNY
(1941)
Do not despair
For Johnny-head-in-air;
He sleeps as sound
As Johnny underground.
Fetch out no shroud
For Johnny-in-the-cloud;
And keep your tears
For him in after years.
Better by far
For Johnny-the-bright-star
To keep your head
And see his children fed.
From 'Dispersal Point,'
by JOHN PUDNEY
[page break]
[photograph]
Peter Lamprey.
[photograph]
Crew of the Bomber.
Lan ‘len’ MCall
Harg. (Mountains)
Germany.
[page break]
[photograph]
[page break]
Lan ‘len’ [indecipherable word]
Reading Place
Peter Lampery & Crew
Bomber.
Shot down over Hanover Germany
[page break]
[photograph]
Collection
Citation
“Peter Lamprey,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/35884.