Garnham, Harry George Samuel

Title

Garnham, Harry George Samuel

Description

Four items. The collection concerns Sergeant Harry George Samuel Garnham (1290596 Royal Air Force) and contains research, documents, and photographs.

He flew operations as an air gunner with 83 Squadron and was killed 26 March 1942. 

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jennifer Brundle and catalogued by Andy Fitter.

Additional information on Harry George Samuel Garnham is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

Date

2019-05-15
2019-09-04

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Garnham, HGS

Collection Items

Harry George Samual Garnham
Three studio portraits of Garnham.
The first photograph is of Harry in uniform with his sergeant's stripes and air gunner brevet clearly visible. It is captioned: "Harry in R.A.F. uniform".

In the second one, Harry is wearing a greatcoat over his…

Harry George Samual Garnham
The document gives details of his birth in 1917 and his parents in Suffolk and tells us he was called up for service in 1940.
There then follows a summary of a typical training route to becoming an air gunner and it is presumed Harry followed this…

Letter from Harry Garnham to Mrs. M Pinner
Letter from Garnham to his brother and sister. Garnham apologises for not replying sooner, saying he is either sleeping or being dragged out to town by the rest of the crew. He says he is looking forward to giving "Gerry a hit or two" and finds…

Royal Air Force Scampton Christmas card
The patterned front shows the Royal Air Force crest and motto: "Per Ardua Ad Astra" and has printed on it: "Royal Air Force Station Scampton". There is also a small piece of navy blue, sky blue and red fabric attached at the fold.
Inside, on the…
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  • Garnham, Harry George Samuel