Servicemen

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Title

Servicemen

Description

Top left - head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. On the reverse 'for my Aunt Bet'.
Bottom left - full-length image of an airman wearing tunic, standing on a road. On the reverse 'Virden (Jan 1942)'.
Top right - two versions of the same photograph overlaid. A course photograph of a large group of trainee airmen wearing tunics, white belts and side caps sitting and standing in four rows. Two staff officers and three staff non-commissioned officers sit in centre of front row.
Middle right - a group of fourteen airmen sitting and standing in three rows with a trophy in the centre of front row. On the reverse 13 signatures.
Bottom right - head and shoulders portrait of Lewis Ellis wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and sergeant rank. On the reverse 'Lewis June 1942'.

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Type

Format

Six b/w photographs mounted on an album page

Rights

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Contributor

Identifier

SEllisEL183959v10019

Transcription

[photograph] [2 photographs]

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For my Aunt Bet

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7506

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Virden (Jan 1942)

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WALKERS STUDIOS LTD., St. Thomas St., Scarborough. Phone 140

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J.V. Knight
K.G. Lay
[signature]
W.B. Liaso
J H Moreton.
R. Mc.Lauchlan.
DSO Connell.
J A Powell.
R.J. Martin.
E R Morgan
E Macdonald.
T.S. Matthews.
D.V. Hammond.

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CANCELLED POST CARD

Lewis [underlined] June 1942 [/underlined]

Citation

“Servicemen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42633.