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'44-'84 Fortieth anniversary of "Market Garden"
A leaflet with photographs, maps and text about Market Garden. It includes details of three museums commemorating the Operation. Also a list of memorial celebrations and special events. There are four pages of events in Dutch and four pages detailing…
'Elizabethan Times' Thursday 7 January 1943
Front page of military newsheet, Series 10 Issue 1. Two cents. Covering world wide military activity. Leading articles cover advances by the allied forces in North Africa and Russian successes in the East. Shorter reports on attacks on the Japanese…
'Mercy' Flight to his Stricken Brother
A newspaper account of Dick Curnock's flight to Cairo to visit his ill brother.
"On Active Service" with the British Expeditionary Force
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A song to be sung to the tune of 'Sing me to Sleep' by a 17th Lancer. There are two verses and a chorus.
"Thou shalt not"
A booklet with advice for new officers.
10,000 set free
Article about 7th armoured division liberating 6,500 British and american prisoners after capturing Fallingbostel. Camps were Stalag 357 and 11B.
Interview with Christopher Francis Allison
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Christoper Franciss Allison, born 1925, (3007708, Royal Air Force) answers questions from school children about what it was like to fly in a Lancaster. He served as a flight engineer on 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington and was demobbed after two…
Interview with Les Rutherford
Les Rutherford was called up for the Army just short of his 21st birthday. He was in France at the time of Dunkirk and made it to the beach of St Valery where they were under constant bombardment. He and another soldier found a door and used it to…
Interview with Stan Waite
Stan Waite worked on one of the farms in Scampton in the pre-war years. He stopped his farming job to help with airfield construction when he found out he could earn more in one day than he earned in a week farming. He watched the first planes…
11 Airmen and Soldiers
A group of airmen and soldiers at the entrance to a Horsa glider. On the reverse each man is named with some of their fates.
15 servicemen in front of huts
Seven men seated with eight men standing behind. The men are all wearing uniform and are photographed in front of some huts.
The reverse reads "4th r br".
The reverse reads "4th r br".
15 servicemen with a hangar behind them
A group of 15 servicemen in uniform stood on the grass with a hangar behind them.
The reverse reads "2r br".
The reverse reads "2r br".
18 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment R.A Christmas card
Badge of Royal Artillery with addition of small Saint Andrews cross with red grenade in centre. From ' Robert to Ma & All'.
1917 York and 1918 Sheffield British Army
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Photo 1 is two civilians walking along a street.
Photo 2 and 6 are the same. A group of 31 men and Women's Army Corps in five rows.
Photo 3 and 7 are the same. Mary Ellen Stretton in a borrowed army uniform and two members of the Women's Army…
Photo 2 and 6 are the same. A group of 31 men and Women's Army Corps in five rows.
Photo 3 and 7 are the same. Mary Ellen Stretton in a borrowed army uniform and two members of the Women's Army…
Ron Jones with step brother and cousin
Three quarter length portrait of a soldier, Sydney Nichols, a sailor, Albert Venables and Ron Jones. All three in respective uniforms. On the reverse '1939-40 Ron with Stepbroth Sydney Nicholas (Army) and cousin Albert Venables (Navy)'
1st Dragoon Guards cap badge
Metal badge with double headed eagle and shield.
42 Soldiers
42 soldiers arranged in three rows. Behind is a stone wall. On the reverse '[indecipherable] 75368
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5, Chapmans Walk
Leigh on Sea
Essex
[indecipherable] Fenchurch Street
to Leigh on Sea'.
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5, Chapmans Walk
Leigh on Sea
Essex
[indecipherable] Fenchurch Street
to Leigh on Sea'.
99 Old Boys Fell in Two Wars
A newspaper cutting about the Ashford Grammar School Memorial.
Handle with Care
A book of Prison Camp cartoons with some explanations.
A Dorricott's army diary
A handwritten notebook containing the war diary of A Dorricott from October 1914. He embarks the SS Deseado at Southampton and sails through the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar to Malta. They continued with naval escorts to Port Said, through the Suez…
A Englishman's faith
Collection of talks of comfort and encouragement.
A Handbook for the Information of Relatives and Friends of Prisoners of War
A detailed booklet with advice on how prisoners of war are treated and what can be done to help them.
A Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
The order of service and roll of honour of Old Ashfordians who lost their lives in the war.
A soldier
Head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing army uniform and peaked cap. On the reverse 'Dad 1914'.
A.T.S and V.A.D. Release book
Contains details of Private Doreen Dayman date stamped 2 August 1945 and includes testimonial.