1 25 24 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/16076/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450718-02.2.jpg 2022b830e343560f6e4a03f4ad72cb99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document MESSAGE FORM IN 11.20 Otterbourne [stamp] SIGNALS OFFICE 18 JUL 1945 R.A.F. FOUL [/stamp] TO Wing/Co Congrats I am quite stunned in your magnificent & full of pride which I do not know how to express [deleted] Ill [/deleted] our telephone is temporarily out of order Mother Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Message to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Sends congratulations and is full of pride. Telephone out of order. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-07-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page message form handwritten Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728-Transcription Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Norfolk Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-07-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy RAF Foulsham https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12025/EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515-0001.2.jpg 7999f561851dc7b3cde3610f63cef5eb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12025/EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515-0002.2.jpg 27bf596295dc3ee8e4a14a2de068e34a https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12025/EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515-0003.2.jpg fe1d49ea9386b660dcf738e83bd25107 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12025/EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515-0004.2.jpg 88ae861b149ac7d0258dad57e1fa61ba https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12025/EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515-0005.2.jpg adcb5909322bfec820cf7f11b662a013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [Postmark] [Postage stamps] Wing Commdr David W Donaldson DSO DFG RAFVR RAF Officers Mess Warboys Huntingdonshire [page break] Brambridge House Bishopstoke Hants [inserted] Ian & Co were all packed up for Blackpool but it was “as you were” [\inserted] May 15th / 43 Dear David, Hearty Congratulations on your well earned DSO We are all feeling like Peacocks. Your wife was simply beaming when I got back and even Frances seemed more cheerful – if possible – & all my friends run saying here's that d-d old bore again Eyston [?] said there was someone of your name where his brother was i e Harwell but he must have made a mistake. I told him it was Warboys [page break] Rhodes was so taken with the Photo of you 3 in the avenue that he enlarged & coloured – said he could not resist. I sent copies – uncoloured – to your M-in-L, The Aunts & [underlined] The [/underlined] Aunt. Many thanks for your letter as Mr Einstein would say I note that time for you is greatly accelerated by your velocity approaching that of light – its 3 years since you left SH&T not 2 as you suggest. [changes to mother's handwriting] Your daughter will not allow me to leave her side she has just swallowed a large crust whole & seems none the worse for it & looks [insertion] [changes to father's handwriting] Norman is here for a weeks leave seems a bit tired [/insertion] [page break] [changes to mother's hand writing] a terrible sight oozing crumbs in all directions – I long for some D.S.O. ribbon to tie her up with all round, – [insertion] I feel it would suit her so well [/insertion] I am so glad you've got a pink ribbon, I think they look nicer than any others, & said so to Joyce the other day, but she said that was beyond anyone's wildest dreams as it was only D.S.O's or V.Cs, anyhow I feel terribly proud, as Norman says like the [indecipherable word] basking in reflected glory Joyce has been walking on air all day, she burst into my room in such excitement with [page break] the news I could not think what had happened Smith sent you his congratulations & all Brambridge purrs with [word deleted] pride - I must stop Frances says she must have some attention Joyce says she is writing tomorrow she is too excited to write today Very much love from your very proud Mamma Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother and father Description An account of the resource Letter congratulates him on award of Distinguished Service Order and catches up with family news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-05-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter and envelope Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonT-FIDonaldsonDW430515 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Bishopstoke England--Huntingdonshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-05-15 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Distinguished Service Order RAF Warboys https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12024/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825-0001.1.jpg ebb07df9af5eb1a8e5b6b29d769be3b9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12024/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825-0002.1.jpg 8860c4273ecd95518519bc01674e2334 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12024/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825-0003.1.jpg e426fef2f8b3652964204e63cd47b4b8 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12024/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825-0004.1.jpg e1241e5b5d27c4df18ecf1f1883e695f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12024/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825-0005.1.jpg a321c7d0081c694693e20e60ddc0717e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest Ian the above is the correct address for once, I have been here all afternoon hunting round to see what I could find for Elizabeth in case she wants it & she gets her house. She is coming down here next week to see D Mallinson, for two nights, & Norman is also coming home for seven days leave, I have told you all this in another letter, but I wrote one letter to the first address you gave me, & Daddy forwarded on [page break] 3 letters to that, & I then sent another Canadian [deleted] address [/deleted] letter to the next address, & also wrote, & sent the photographs (which were very dissapointing [sic]) & then this morning I got your letter with the revised address in, so I hope some of the letters will reach you. I am sorry you are having such a wet & dreary time in Scotland, I think its either lovely, the most wonderful [inserted] air [/inserted], intoxicating colour & views of the hills & water, or else its quite unutterably dreary, the first time Elizabeth & I went up to Oban it was lovely & the next time Daddy & I went, pouring wet all the time & we walked miserably along [page break] the roads all the time with the water squelching out of our shoes – I don't wonder you feel peeved at being called back before the others, I think its wretched, & I feel sorry for your pilot, who must be furious at [character deleted] being dragged away from his wife & family The weather is good in spots here we've had a day's rain which has cheered up the kitchen garden, & provided some more grass for the cows to eat, so we get a little more milk to drink, & now its stormy today - I have just rung up the Compton [page break] Arms Hotel to see if they could take us for a week as I hear they are taking visitors again, Mrs Ings answered herself, she was in bed full of ills & sorrows, & no staff, she said if I rang up in a weeks time she would see if they could take us for 3 days with the possibility of extending the visit for another 3 days if nothing went wrong in the kitchen – so we may go there for a week, so we have a slender hope of a holiday Mrs Fudge now has a searchlight [word deleted] close to her house & hears there is to be a large gun as well, so she is feeling very gloomy [page break] & nightly expects an aeroplane full of bombs to [inserted] fall & [/inserted] explode on her house; mainly I think because she has just had it repainted all over in green & white. The Gibbards have found a house in Chesil Crescent & are looking forward to giving Mr C notice, so I live in hopes of getting their rooms for Eliza though I shall really miss Brian. I think I had better look around & find some books for you, something that you can leave behind & not bother to return, I'm thinking you will want some [page break] clothes forwarded on; you cannot have enough with you to change into when you get soaked, but I'm making up my mind you are going to stay put where you are, which I suppose you are not. Theres [sic] been a battle going on all afternoon in the neighbourhood & the combatants are now marching past to the sound of bagpipes, Everyone is well up to date so I hope you are too. Very much love from Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from David Donaldson's mother to his elder brother, Ian Description An account of the resource Mother writes to David's elder brother Ian who is in Scotland. Contains family and local news. Expresses concern for Ian's welfare. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonIXX0825 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Scotland Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12023/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421014-0001.2.jpg 32d39f8d443a31291103faa553e4d65c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12023/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421014-0002.2.jpg b710d7a1fa02573321ad20779b76da7c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document I would love to stay the night if she can have me, but I would be quite happy to go to go to a hotel because I know visitors really are an impossibility nowadays, I cannot stay more that a night because I really cannot leave Papa to get his own breakfast & supper, if [deleted] he [/deleted] [inserted] I [/inserted] go [deleted] es [/deleted] he must got to a hotel - Norman will be thrilled to be a godfather if its a boy, so I hope it will be in spite of your urgent desire for a daughter. He has gone up to London today to see if they will take him into the Intelligence Corps for map reading & interpretation of photographs, He went off looking quite mentally deficient having been curled up in a chair reading for the last fortnight & only having had one bath when he mended the shower & [indecipherable word], I [page break] turned it on next morning & could not turn it off again to my horror, You really must come & see us sometime, we are so mid-Victorian – Masters owns the place, I think Daddy will soon be using the [deleted] front [/deleted] [inserted] back [/inserted] & he the front. I must go. W. V. S ing so goodbye for the present & I do hope the boils are better very much love from Mummie Oct 14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Family chat Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page hand written letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12022/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDWXX0125-0001.1.jpg 7b5034d28eaacfcf49928388f15fc08c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12022/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDWXX0125-0002.1.jpg 744d8ba21ccc55e1e4b8df6c51b11ed8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Pyne Cliff. Lyme Regis Dearest David I enclose Ian & [deleted] Davi [/deleted] Norman's letters, if you could find the energy to send them on to Elizabeth I should be grateful, I am hoping to get another letter soon to hear if Ian has got the job he thinks he may have got & I shall be interested, if when you are telephoning to Joyce at any time you will tell (if you what sort of a job it is likely to be. - . Norman sounds very cheerful, but he never seems to have any leave. I am staying down here for a week with Nettie, & on the face of it, its like a step back five years, the house is so perfect, so well furnished & so clean, & so warm with steam heating & log fires, but I realise after being here 2 days that Mrs Hunt who looks after us is a slightly harried housewife like the rest of, & her unturned out cupboards weigh on her mind most terribly. Its a darling house with square paned windows & a view over the sea, with ground sloping up & on either side, all [deleted] snow [/deleted] deep snow at [page break] present. I am wondering how they are getting on at So'ton & if they are snowed up. I called in on my [inserted] way [/inserted] down here & was greeted by Frances with her usual enthusiasm, she is growing up at a terrific rate with any moment [sic] of superfluous energy to spare, I [deleted] her [/deleted] think Joyce has got her hands full, Its a pity we cannot organize a nursery school at the house, but I'm afraid we should find some difficulty in procuring a miss Blake at the moment - . I was so sorry to hear from Joyce that Ken Lawson is missing – I have always thought a great deal about him since he flew so much with you, & you went through so many “ops” together, I always felt you must have depended so much on one another, & [deleted] afte [/deleted] since sharing so much experience beyond the imagination of us who stay at home; [deleted] I feel [/deleted] you must feel the news very badly - very much love from Mamma Jan 25th Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Mother writes enclosing family letters and goes on with family chat and saying that she is on holiday with her sister, Nettie, She expressing some concern about the amount her daughter-in-law has to do looking after her granddaughter. Concludes with commiseration over acquaintance reported missing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDWXX0125 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Dorset England--Lyme Regis Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). 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Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12021/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450718-010001.2.jpg 47ff93063bf5df1f8d97b902b9fdd102 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12021/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450718-010002.2.jpg 84af2493458d2d0dc1d02596ca5348fb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12021/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450718-010003.2.jpg 4d3a2744dff57b825951773594431cf5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Brambridge Wed. July 18 Dearest David I cannot tell you how pleased & thrilled I was when I arrived home last night & Mrs Masters said she had a message for me, but it was a nice one, and when she told me I was so afraid that she had not got it right, & whether it was a bar to the D.S.O or D.F.C & then the miserable telephone went out of order like it always does at Brambridge & so I could not ring anyone up to tell them. But I have got hold of tonights Echo & its in there alright, and now all I want to know how does one address a D.F.C. & DSO & Bar, are you really now so grand that I merely put D.S.O etc.? I have been going round looking superciliously at everyone all day [page break] & thinking to myself, none of you poor things in the road have got a son who is as grand as mine, the result being that I forgot to hoot going over the bridge here & nearly had [word deleted] a collision with a car coming in the opposite direction - . I have managed to control myself all day and have not told anyone, leaving them all to see it for themselves in the Echo Papa is up in London & the telephone having recovered I have just rung him up to tell him. He was supposed to be staying at the Goring Hotel, but when he got there they said they had to board him out & sent him on to a place in the Cromwell Rd where he found he had to share a room with a stranger & “there was no lavatory accomadation [sic] so he fled to the Aunts, who as usual acted nobly and took him in, although Eric was already [page break] staying there . - He was duly suitably impressed & for once did not disown you & explain you were nothing to do with him, which is what he generally does if he thinks any of his family are distinguishing themselves at all. I enquired about John Francis engagement & if it was official & ought I to write, her name is Warwick & she comes from Wickham where her father has a small business, do you think she is a relative of Rene's, she used to live at Wickham for years, they had a saddlers shop there ? Will you thank Joyce very much for ringing me up to tell me about you, I was terribly sorry to miss her, I got caught on y way home by Mrs Heseltinne who took me in to have a drink & she Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Mother expresses her delight and pride at hearing the recent news of his second Distinguished Service Order. Writes of father's visit to London and catches up with family/acquaintance news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-07-18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450718-01-Part Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-07-18 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Distinguished Service Order https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12020/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450624-0001.2.jpg dde4c9e4be9a918a2d57211313bca76b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12020/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450624-0002.2.jpg f555bdd85cdbcb9276f2466a9f3270a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document go on addressing to c/o R.A.F. India S.E.AAF, Norman you will perceive is also in hospital. The election is a bore, a nuisance & all very tiring, I feel like a worn out cab horse with no convictions, & I become like a fish wife of the [character deleted] worst sort, when I take the chair where there are hecklers & want to say the most outrageous things back at them, so the sooner its all over the better as far as I'm concerned. Eliza & William were here last week, William is now a tough little boy & into everything. It was a comic sight to see him trying to wind up Masters's [page break] lorry, especially as he was wearing 1st Trinity trousers, [inserted] his [inserted] Papa's cut down – he's altered beyond recognition since Xmas. Very much love & many thanks for thinking of us, I'll let you know what it was like & if we get drunk. Very much love from Mummy June 24 Cecil's address is Towner Park Rd Sydney V.I. Victoria B.C. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes of family and elections. Catches up with family news. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-06-24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW450624-Part Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-06-24 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12018/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW441023-0001.1.jpg ebc742f6bfedc5032ca6a0d8158849a1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12018/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW441023-0002.1.jpg 7e4678561cea817dd702d537de6d0709 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Dear David thank you for sending the books back so quickly. It was noble of you, & most unexpected, I never expect anyone to send back any books, Its a dank, damp, disgusting day, the house is very dull without your family we really miss them very much – Frances would liven anyone up, I hear her grandmother Edwards thinks she [word deleted] be talking, I don't agree because I think there is far too much talk in the world, & I like the sort of conversation Frances indulges in, its so restful you can answer as you like or not, & need not discuss the subject further than you will or wish to. Its a good thing grandmothers do not meet [deleted] more [/deleted] too often to discuss their ideas on the bringing up of their grandchildren the differences of opinion might prove awkward [page break] I can imagine myself & Pa Moloney having terrible arguments. I went to see Eliza, I thought she looked tired, but William looked fine & very friendly. I have been trying to compose a 21st birthday letter to Norman, but its such a dank cold day that I feel very uninspired - I am sorry that they have passed you as fit for service anywhere, I think you had better grow another large crop of boils - We did enjoy your leave, it was really lovely having all three of you, the bicycles look very forlorn in the basement, without any [deleted] riders [/deleted] hope of any riders. Very much love from Mummie Oct, 23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes about how much she misses family. Goes on to catch up with family news. Concludes catching up with acquaintances. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW441023 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-23 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12017/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW440129-0001.2.jpg 76bec6160935e01382f1e3638210ae33 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12017/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW440129-0002.2.jpg 04795cb4f7f3076721fb5ef27ac42c50 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12017/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW440129-0003.2.jpg 592d21e53a10c51fa0cf330a6e76f96d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12017/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW440129-0004.2.jpg 13cf20c764d7c12ce900a4300a30a3e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Brambridge [underlined] Saturday [/underlined] [printed address deleted] Dearest David very many happy returns of the day and very much love, not to mention the admiration and pride,[deleted] we [/deleted] I often have to restrain myself from writing a Victorian letter telling you all about our emotions concerning you (our being Pa & myself, no ['t' deleted] allusion to myself as royalty intended), but I refrain as I should only express it so badly that it would sound silly – I had a shock the other day when I thought the ocassion [sic] demanded a moving speech, & with a good deal of embarrassment & diffidence put down in a hurry what I thought, but could not express, on paper & got [page break] the typist to type it out, as usual I put in no stops, the result when she had put them in was so startling, not to say appalling, that I shamefacedly put it in the fire & have returned to my natural instincts not to try and express what I cannot begin to. I sent you off a cake on Thursday made by Mrs Fudge, who is also going to make William's christening cake, & if no one is able to come to the party, (no good or bad fairies) Mrs Fudge, Elizabeth, myself and Daddy will sit round William and eat it all up wishing him luck with every mouthful. They are [inserted] both [/inserted] going home on Feb 9, I shall be very sorry to part with them – I hope the weather will not turn [page break] cold as I'm afraid their commodious modern residence will feel very thin after these steam heated baronial halls. The spare room has made a lovely nursery with a fire in it. I am going back with Elizabeth for 3 days if I can I want to get on and see Frances & Joyce before I come home again but it all depends if I can leave Papa to do for himself for so long - I think William will object to being dressed up in a [word deleted] christening robe since he lives in a nightgown and I'm sure he will object to the ceremony & a strange parson, I think Frances [page break] was very lucky to have a grandfather in the business. I enclose a letter from Norman & one from Ian if I can find it very much love from us all & especially me your loving Mummie Saturday Jan 29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Wishes him a happy birthday and writes of her feelings and activities. Mentions she sent him a cake and catches up with family news. Mentions cold weather and other family and acquaintance matters. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-01-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW440129 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-01-29 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12015/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDWXX1222-0001.1.jpg 2efafee159b5ca8ca522fffea4a9f066 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12015/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDWXX1222-0002.1.jpg bd70638518c0b64e2875d360604da43f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12015/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW431222-0003.1.jpg d3fa9b075531f21c7eff308d58a43998 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12015/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW431222-0004.1.jpg 397eceb0fac01842f48f68787b3cda92 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Brambridge – Dec 22 THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest Dave this is only a note to send you best wishes for Christmas, Joyce said there was a chance of [inserted] your [inserted] spending it at Oxshott, I do hope you will, I rang her up last night & heard that you had moved to Norfolk, also that Mabel was going down to Oxshott for Christmas day, I had a jubilant letter from Mabel rejoicing in the kindness of Mrs Edwards at having asked her. Two letters arrived today, from Ian and Norman, they had met and spent 2 nights together, which was lovely, I was so pleased, I will send on heir letters after Xmas, there are several you have not seen, but I think its best to wait until the Xmas rush is over – Ian thinks he may be moving, Norman is at New Delhi, & when he wrote sounded as [page break] if he was not loving it overmuch, but he had only just arrived there, it was the day before his birthday, he was rather cold & had got a sore throat, so I hope by now he has recovered. Ian sounded very pleased to have him. We are all very well William Francis continues to thrive and grow fat,eats and sleeps, & yells from 8 – 10 every evening, Elizabeth is very well, she has been very lucky all through and has got on splendidly, she seems to have found her vocation in life, having and feeding babies I have not seen her so placid, & happy & well for years & years, we had a nurse who kept us all in order for a fortnight but thank goodness she has gone – we have shocked [inserted] & shaken [/inserted] Brambridge House to its depths by hanging the washing out on the veranda [deleted 'h'] & all over the radiators Masters being the only one that sympathises with us, he said in a hoarse whisper in my ear “Coo, it would drive me crackers to live in this house all day”. [page break] I do hope you are less cold in Norfolk than you were at Lincoln – You cannot imagine the amount of reflected glory I get from you[deleted 'r'] in Southampton, my fellow magistrates are always digging me in the ribs & asking me if I am not proud of you, I feel so [word deleted] grateful to you, May Durst (née Blakiston) wrote to me and said she felt proud to think you had once been sick all down her skirt!, I must stop & go to bed, Thorny is already in bed & snoring – I have not done any Xmas shopping or written to anybody; I feel quite awful, I shall have to content myself with filling William's stocking and ringing up Frances to wish her a happy Xmas, Joyce says she [page break] now has a lovely smile, quite different to William's [word deleted] windy grins, I see the great rivalry has started – I'm longing to see Frances again, I must try and get up & see her in January – very much love from us all, I should love to see you & I do hope you get over to Oxshott in Xmas day very much love from Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Sends best wishes for Christmas and catches up with news of family and acquaintances. Mentions a nurse keeping them all in order. Mentions reflected glory she gets from him with fellow magistrates. Writes of granddaughter and hope to see them soon. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-12-22 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW431222 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-12-22 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12014/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430910-0001.2.jpg b34ace7ef9cd2bf3eaf272697cc5e637 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12014/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430910-0002.2.jpg 5860a56ce5c870a25a1fadec634dd390 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Brambridge House Friday Sept. 10 Dearest Dave sorry I have been so long in finding out what you wanted – Your man can write to the Magistrates Clerk of the Local Bench where he resides, & asks [sic] for a summons for application for legal custody of the child (Guardianship of Infant Acts 1886 – 1925) . We had a case of an Airman who applied for a summons under that Tuesday - His other course would be to apply to the N.S.P.C.C, who would investigate the case for him talk to his wife, & see if she could be persuaded to mend the error of her ways & look after the child [page break] properly, in which case he would simply write to the Inspector – Local Branch (or nearest Branch) of N.S.P.C.C. - I hope that information is of some use to you. I was home yesterday for an hour or so & when I arrived & a strange man [inserted] in [/inserted] [deleted] outside [/deleted] the garden who turned out to be Hugh Arnold, he looked so well, & seems very happy with his wife & daughter, they live in Camden Street just off Church St. I have got his address, & if when you come up for your jaunt to Buckingham Palace we must see if we could get them to come along – I'm just writing to Joyce so I will continue to chat in her letter - Love from Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes with legal and other advice over custody of child. Catches up with activities and acquaintances. 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For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-09-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-09 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12012/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728-0001.2.jpg aef79d304ffd58150b5e741debbf3ef9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12012/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728-0002.2.jpg 3ee7faf866b87b2c8dd61d578e112438 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12012/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728-0003.2.jpg a7bec1b21d144c0cc16c8cdf432d37ef https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12012/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728-0004.2.jpg 1595302a14a53c0ce435bfb673f91a19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Sunday July 28th Brambridge Park Eastleigh Dearest David I went and saw Joyce and Frances on Wednesday last & enjoyed myself so much, Frances was so lovely & was so kind to me, sat on my lap and gurgled & poked fat fingers into my mouth. And with a rapt & inquisitive expression, I loved her & I don’t know when I’ve had such a pleasant day, & been so happy not since you were all here for your last leave I think – I enjoyed seeing my co-grandmother she’s always so nice and welcoming. I stayed at the flat for three nights came home on Tuesday after a very comfortable journey in the train and altogether [page break] was very much refreshed. Elizabeth rang up from Mattingley yesterday, Brian has got the job at Farnborough so now they are looking for some accomodation [sic] round that way, she expects to come into residence here in September. I enclose a letter from Norman & Ian, it will be nice to have Ian home for a week. Thorny and I are very well, we are enjoying having Emma wait upon us hand & foot and being proper ladies & gentleman for a space, & its [sic] so soothing to see the silver shine & the furniture polished, & I feel I was living in [page break] a pleasant dream. [deleted] Joyce [/deleted] I hope Joyce & Frances will manage to get up to you for a bit, I think it would be so good for you all, & I think Joyce is such a remarkably capable young woman that I’m sure she will manage everything allright. [sic] I see Mr Perkins, Wendy & [deleted] the [/deleted] her new baby yesterday, Wendy was in the throes of taking herself & baby off to two rooms at Odiham, feeling very nervous at the prospect. The baby is just half the size of Frances, very sweet & lively, very pretty, does not [page break] look such a capable woman as Frances. I don’t think there is any news of any sort from this end – don’t bother to answer, I get news of you when I telephone to Joyce. Very much love from us both Mummie Sunday July 18 P.S. I have not sent on Ians [sic] letter as I have mislaid it but there is nothing in it except to say that he is coming home for a week on July 25 he hopes. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Letter from his mother telling of her visit to see his wife and little daughter. It includes family news and the hope that Ian will be home soon. Catches up with acquaintance news. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-07-28 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430728 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Eastleigh Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-07-28 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 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Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Jan 30 THE ELMS 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest David I feel so stupid, I thought Jan 31st was Monday & that I should be in plenty of time catching the early post today (Saturday) & to my horror I realise that Monday is Feb 1st & your birthday tomorrow & that I have missed the post – so I shall have to be content with a telegram to say many happy returns of the day. I have been racking my brains to think of a present to send you [page break] came to the conclusion a book was the only possible one, & then tried to find one with small success, I bought Ann Bridges last. thinking it might be soothing like most of hers, but glancing idly at it I find to my horror that its all about war in Spain & I don't think you will much want to read it, if you have the energy send it back & I will send you another – I always think the loveliest birthday present I ever had was the enormous pink azalea you [page break] gave me on my birthday nearly 3 years ago – I never forget it or cease to feel grateful to you for giving it to me, that & the little packet of odd treasures you liked to put under Nannies & my pillows when you were a small boy & thought we deserved a treat, I've got one still – all ready to show Frances for a treat. Papa as got a cold & a cough he's not very bad, but thank goodness had a slight temperature [page break] this morning so stayed at home, to his horror last time he took the temperature it had gone, & now he feels a fraud which is almost worse than having influenza he feels. I hope your cake arrived safely, & was eatable. Very much love, I am so glad you have got your old navigator back & that you like the place where you are – very much love from us both Yours with love Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Birthday letter to David from his mother. She's mismanaged the day and will have to send a telegram as well. Other family chat about birthday presents. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-01-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW430130 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-01-30 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12008/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421220-0001.1.jpg 7d96e61b0917407e1b95ee64369b2cf9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12008/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421220-0002.1.jpg f03d598a31e7c51031b21bf1dcc6a4d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Brambridge Park Nr Eastleigh [underlined] Dec 20 [/underlined] Dearest David Just a note to wish you a happy Xmas or perhaps its better expressed as sending you good wishes for Xmas - We are going over to Peartree on Xmas Eve & staying there until Boxing Day, Its lovely having Frances & Joyce there, Frances squeals of delight over nothing & everything would cheer anyone & we are much looking forward to going, & only hope we shall not make too much work for your wife – It was sad that all the charwomen fell ill, so far I have not been able to find anyone to help in the house, but I hope before long, ie after Xmas to find someone to give a hand, Joyce seems to be managing very well up to date, & she has made the dining room look charming - [page break] We have been fog bound for two days, dead still & a thick white curtain of mist most everywhere, nobody stirred last night, Papa stopped at Peartree & brought up his meal from Mrs Malone, he said it was a lovely meal, I don't know whether he really thought so or pretended to to save trouble – Its a very good thing he can put up at Peartree for the night. Very much love & all good wishes from Mummy Its lovely getting stockings & Xmas [character deleted] Tree Decorations out again, & I felt quite sentimental when 2 children came & sung carol at the door & we made them come in & sing to Frances in the hall. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Mother writes wishing him a 'good Xmas' . 's writing from Brambridge. David's mother, father, wife and daughter will go to Southampton for the Christmas break. It seems that David's father does occasionally stay in their Southampton home over night. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-12-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421220 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Eastleigh Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-12-20 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12007/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421112-0001.1.jpg e85be01a20e7c9fa48944ade0bd1cecc https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12007/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421112-0002.1.jpg 14003a35480c9ab62bc6ee6036b799cd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Nov 12 THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest David I enclose Ian's letter, when you have finished with it would you send it on to Elizabeth, I also enclose Normans - It has been very good of you to telephone so much to us – We were both so relieved to hear that it wall [sic] all over & Frances had arrived I have thought about you so much this last week, & it must be a great relief to feel that Joyce has it all behind [inserted] her [/inserted] now – I hope she [deleted] has [/deleted] will relax comfortably into her bed now [page break] she deserves it after producing such a whopper- & have a good rest – [inserted] I am sorry she had such a bad time [/inserted] having a baby (once it has arrived) is the only pleasant form of illness that can be enjoyed I think, so its well to make the most of it Now Miss Dodson has departed, they won't want to have a christening party will they, I'm sure it will mean too much work for [deleted] everyone [/deleted] them under the circumstances very much love from us both Mummie Nov 12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource His mother writes catching up with family mail and expressing relief and pleasure that her granddaughter, Frances, has arrived safely. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-11-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page hand written letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW421112 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-11-12 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. 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Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Sept 5 THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest David I was regretting that I had not got your address to write to you just now, & Elizabeth said she had got it, I would have written last night had I known Thank you for your very nice letter, but you know we have loved “educating” you, you have been our life's hobby, (or a ¼ of our life's hobby) & such a nice hobby, we do enjoy you so much, I don't think [character deleted] there can be a single “happy warrior” anywhere - & I think this time every family feels most desperately being torn apart, & so everyone has the most [page break] tremendous sympathy for each other, as the woman who lives in one of the bungalows at the bottom of the garden said 'I didn't know I was so happy' I do feel so frightfully sorry for you just as you've got to to your finals, & also Ian just as he is starting - but I feel its & everyone but I feel its time I [deleted] started] [/deleted] stopped having a perpetual cold in my nose about it all & pulled myself together When war was finally declared yesterday morning the whole of the domestic staff had hysterics, I didnt blame poor Dorothy who feels badly [page break] about her husband, in fact I didn't blame anyone, how could I, but I gave them a whisky & soda all round, which helped them to recover – we have all been been waiting for air-raid warnings all night & day, I don't like to add none in case one comes at once – Luckily Elizabeth did not have to go back to London last night, as I see they have had several false alarms there today. Ian turned up Saturday night, he said he could not bear the thought of sharing a closed up sitting room with eight other people, so he came [page break] home – He has an idea he might try for the navy as an engineer, there was a note in the paper saying they [inserted] were [/inserted] wanted – I hope he won't just enlist, it does seem such a waste, He & Walter were very comic, they decide to join the Ministry , but were going to see Syd about it, which all sounds silly, but Ian & Walter made it all sound very comic I enclose a nice letter from Mrs Reason about Anna, who [inserted] continues to be [/inserted] [deleted] seems [/deleted] one of the bright spots of the international situation - Write & tell me if there is anything I can send on to you in the way of a home comfort, you know how I should love to - very much love from Mummy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Letter from his mother written just after war was declared.. She is sorry that war has interrupted his studies. She describes how it has affected her and the domestic staff she employs in her house. Catches up with family news. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-09-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW390905 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939-09-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12003/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW390630-0001.2.jpg 4855f27ed5020db9778977a408a7f23e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12003/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW390630-0002.2.jpg 8e23d5757607ca65a91be0c92fec2a11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. & we call him “Henl[inseted]e[/inserted]y – otherwise I can think of no news – we are going over to Henley next week to see Ian row, Daddy has high hopes of his boat, but I feel it is too much to hope that they can get anywhere near the finals. I am glad your house did not quite blow up - We continue to have constant thunderstorms here, one every other afternoon but the weather is really very pleasant on the whole, warm but quite fresh - Norman & I are going down to Cornwall from Aug 10th to Aug 24th so we shall not be here when you first come home I must go & post my letters very much love from Mummie Friday June 30th Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Catches up with family news, activities and the weather. Mentions visit to Henley to watch brother Ian row. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW390630-Part Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton England--Oxfordshire England--Henley-on-Thames Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-06-30 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939-06-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12001/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130-0001.2.jpg d90b0dbe3720ee6733897cd964f18957 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12001/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130-0002.2.jpg ad823023b77ed5b5500a49e1d9814f6d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12001/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130-0003.2.jpg 78d6cf6f1cddd3957da188ced6d0110c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12001/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130-0004.2.jpg cdce552e29bcde606d2733db566b30d2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12001/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130-0005.2.jpg 1be888ee121d47460ead2b9953c4800d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [underlined] Sunday [/underlined] THE ELMS, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest Dave Just a note to send you a line to give you my blessing before [word deleted] I see you, I should like to have written so that you had it today Sunday, but dreadful to relate could not get time to sit down & write you an unhurried letter, I have been using my brain too much this last week & making too many speeches & my poor spirit has had to look after itself with dire results – But I think you know enough of what I feel about religion without [page break] my saying any more, how intensely I feel “things spiritual” are the only part of life that really matter, & that that connection is one of the surest indications of the existence of God, that one has to spend all one's life searching for him by developing that [word deleted] spiritual side, I feel the search goes on like a temperature chart you know [illustration of jagged chart] with high marks and very low ones but I always [underlined] hope [/underlined] in the end it reaches a high point, its so hard to be bothered about it, [inserted] especially [/inserted] when one is young & other things are so important – but I cannot tell you how [indecipherable word] [page break] 2 people who are what I call the really truly good they make me feel at once “The peace of God which passes all understanding” & that to me means they are so sure of what they are after - & knowing that are afraid of nothing, [inserted] living their lives with [/inserted] eternal life as a background to the whole of this one – I am going to give you another translation of the bible, unless you can think of anything else you want, also Addresses by Lord Haldane, because I think he is [inserted] or was [/inserted] what is a rare combination, [character deleted] a very great intellect & a still greater soul, [page break] so many nimble little intellects ate always so busy doing away with the soul, so its a great comfort to find a really large one proving conclusively its [word deleted] [inserted] existence [/inserted] – you may not enjoy them now but I think some day you will enjoy them - We shall be over by 1.45 tomorrow & will call at Oak Braces, if you are not there go straight on to chapel This does not seem a very what shall I say affectionate letter, but I expect you would dislike me if I told you how fond I am of you, in spite of the home truths we hurl at one another from time to time, but I am! Your very loving Mother [page break] I thgink probably Alistair & Poga will come to lunch with you at Oak Braces – Daddy, Nannie, Dorothy & myself will arrive after lunch about 1.45. Norman is not coming. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Catches up with family news, activities and her beliefs, giving him her thoughts on some spiritual matters prior to his confirmation and telling him confirmaton presents (books) she will give him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Five page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW301130 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-11-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1930-12 faith https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12000/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW42XXXX-0002.2.jpg 87e715719750ae8ba8d2bf4b47ed0fdb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12000/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW42XXXX-0003.2.jpg 68d79360328f1b4dd6b58912ff55b0af https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/12000/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW42XXXX-0001.2.jpg 710bf43246a03b3f2a0dbf01bc88d4b1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [underlined] Twyford 2284 [/underlined] Brambridge Park Bishopstoke Hants Dearest David I feel so neglectful of you, there never seems time to write to anyone except Ian, whom I feel must have a letter as he is so far from home – We settled in quite comfortably & I think we shall be allright[sic] once I become a less inefficient housewife, at present I sympathise with Mollie as I never seem to be quite finished & always on the go, which I should not be if I was a good manager like your wife – Norman is very good & helps me tremendously, I shall hate it when he goes – I have managed to feed him and Daddy for a week [inserted] with my attempts at cooking [/inserted] so I hope I shall go on doing so successfully, Norman is very scornful & said he took it for granted that [page break - page possibly missing] event in ones life, one has no idea how thrilled one is going to be with it all, and I feel more an more thrilled at the thought of being a grandmother. I was very sorry to hear from Joyce that you had got boils again & were going to see another Doctor, I do hope she will be able to do you some good, the man who massaged me back to health swore that they could be cured by some form of electric treatment, Did I tell you that N. is to have an interview with someone at the War Office to see if he is a suitable person for map reading & [page break] interpretation of photographs – no more news of Ian or Elizabeth - Thorny is allright [sic], looks rather well on the whole but he is very careworn I think everyone at the office is very tired and on one another's nerves - Goodbye, I wish there was a chance of you coming over here and seeing us in this place, I suppose you never come to Eastleigh or fly anywhere near here? Very much love from Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes of being settled in new accommodation and how she is managing. Catches up with new of family and acquaintances. Welcomes prospect of being a grandmother. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW42XXXX Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Bishopstoke Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/11998/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-050001.jpg 7eb50042ce0e22e76172f03d2ef84784 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/11998/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-050002.jpg 418eeadfb1d6de7ac3674416b4b772c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document The Lake Hotel Godalming Sunday. Dearest David We have been over to see your parents-in-law elect, & we like them [underlined] very [/underlined] much I only hope they liked us as much as we did them – we felt completely happy with them, as if we had known them for a long time, I think you are very lucky, (or should I say wise) to have chosen such a nice family – Did you tell me that Mrs Edwards would remind[deleted]ed[/deleted] me a little of Reine in looks? if so I had forgotten, Daddy noticed it also, I liked her so much, & Daddy liked him so much. We went off this morning feeling rather like an elephant & a chimpanzee, we were shy, & it was a cold & foggy day, & we had to wait for nearly an hour at Guildford station on the way there [page break] but once we arrived we felt quite happy & returned home feeling our normal selves. I think their house is very nice. Have I written to you since we settle into our pink & blue homes[?] at Flintham, we [deleted word] have been there a week & we like it very much, I think we shall be very happy there, & we have got two extra bedrooms for the family, & we can always get more accomadation [sic] at the Crompton Arms. We have not seen much of Charterhouse this weekend, Norman introduced me to "the Uncle" who explained how the D.F.C. was – I found he was a friend of my brother Geralds, & he used to come to tea at Winchester, perhaps he would have been kinder to you if he'd known, I did not see Mr. Thomson to speak to [missing word] Mr. Russell, I should have liked to as they both wrote such nice letters about you, which I am keeping for you to see – Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes of visiting future parents-in-law and about and about author's new location. Catches up with news of acquaintances. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-05-Part Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Surrey England--Godalming Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/11996/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-040001.jpg 327dec5269f77024e81e029cca914c61 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/11996/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-040002.jpg c49c698b92a5acc3716f29f9edf7c1e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document underlined] Tel Twyford 2284 [/underlined] Brambridge Park Bishopstoke Hants Dearest Dave our letters crossed so I will send you another note, Ian's address, the only one we have at present is – L.A.C. I. Donaldson 1602998 [inserted] R.A.F. [deleted] ( [/deleted] c/o/. C.R.A.F. Ottawa, Canada, he said that that was the only address he could give at present & that was written about a month ago, just an airgraph. I am so sorry about the boils, why did they [word deleted] send you to a hospital as an outpatient, I agree with you it is most undignified a full blown Squadron Leader on which point congratulations – I'm sure Eliza would be very pleased to be your [page break] daughter's godmother, if its a daughter – her address is c/o Mrs Cockburn The Grange Ellerdine Wellington Shropshire I have no heard anything of her for a fortnight. I will have a look for your camera next time I go over to Peartree which will be one day his week & I will also consult Mr Lambeth about a film for it - Its very good of your M in L as I said in my last letter to be so kind in asking us all to tea & I hope we shall roll up in full numbers, but I expect it will only be those who are in London + us because of the difficulty of travelling Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Catches up with family news and mentions health issue. Congratulates him on squadron leader. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Bishopstoke England--Shropshire England--Wellington (Shropshire) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 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Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Sunday THE ELMS, 42, PEAR TREE AVENUE, BITTERNE, SOUTHAMPTON. Dearest David, no news except that it looks as if the weather is going to change which won't be so nice. We made the most of the day yesterday and went off to Park Beach, we being Eliza, Walter & me, it was lovely but I felt “Oh dear I can't enjoy this enough it will be so long before we have any petrol to come again”, so like my [indecipherable word] nature, I feel you will say, not to make the most of the moment and enjoy it. Eliza bathed, & Walter tickled her toes and insulted her in every possible way he could think of – Today she is going off to Basingstoke to stay [page break] the night with the Maloney's [sic] as Brian is down for the night., Mrs M wasnt very forthcoming about it as she already has 7 people in the house & Marie is inclined to become hysterical, but Brian said they could put up more beds in the drawing room, so I suppose Mrs M has done so. Walter is going to drive her as far as the gate and leave her there & to save his fare & make the journey worth while I am to be left at Winchester on the way to have tea with my sisters – so he will feel he is really driving me and not Elizabeth, do you follow! Hugh turned up last night, looking very grim and depressed, the Admiralty has told him to stay where he is, & he [page break] is becoming a war profiteer, & he longs to be in the navy, we all tried to tell him how lucky he was, but he was terribly sad & wanting to be in the Navy. - It was so hot and stuffy so we all sat in black darkness so as to have the windows open, until an Air Warden banged on the front door & told us a light was showing upstairs, it was Daddy's dressing room light, where he was reading in bed [underlined] Later [/underlined] I am just going to post this, having just come back from tea with Nettie & Dorothy, who were both very well, Nettie was much better than when we were last up there. The traffic on the roads was very bad indeed, like bank holiday, everyone out for their last Sunday jaunt – Walter thinks we ought to be able to run the car on some sort of [word deleted] gas, I do hope so. Winchester is also lucky in having cinema's [sic], Norman will insist on coming home now – I think - very much love from us all & especially Mummy. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource David Donaldson's mother writes of family and acquaintance affairs. Regrets the fact that fuel shortages in future will make trips out less likely. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-03 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/11993/EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-020001.jpg 19a7b1a1c8633cd37228aaac368c7987 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document & I went to bed in the deepest gloom, & next morning I tottered down to look at the Times and found to my joy that they had won – It was a beautiful sight to see Ian walking about Henley with his hat on one side looking as if he owned the place! Nannies birthday is July 21st & her address is Linthwaite Richmond Avenue West Bognor Regis - She is getting on allright[sic] I gather Post is going very much love from Mummie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Writes of activities and family Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-02 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Bognor Regis England--Sussex Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 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Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 1 Hotel Miramer Monte Estoril Lisbon Dearest David I had a letter from Elizabeth this morning which I was overjoyed to get as it was the first news we had has of anyone for a fortnight, we don't lead exactly what you would call a very exciting life here - but I was very sorry to hear that you had got the measles, also that Alastair-Pharoah was no more having been run over by a motor, I was very sorry to hear both these sad items of news being very attached to A.P & dreadfully sorry to hear that he had come to such a sad end. Elizabeth says you have got the measles in a mild form & that Eric has been in communication with your doctor, and that she had had a note from Thrmo [?] to say that you had felt rather wretched on Tuesday as the rash was out, I hope by the time you get this you will will [sic] be feeling much better, & that I shall not come home & find you a nervous wreck, I cannot bear to think that the only one of my .children who so far has had the measles should have it whilst I am in foreign lands, so go on having it slightly – once its over it will be a very good thing to have had it, & a very good time to have had it, being summer time & very tactful of you to have got it over before the holidays - JOHN I. THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED, SOUTHAMPTON. [see comments] [page break] 2 but I do wish I could come over and see you – Daddy and I are leading a very monotonous and absolutely clockwork life, nobody seems very anxious to have much to say to us, so we amuse ourselves the best we can, Bathe in the morning – sleep in the afternoon, wander round the golfcourse in the [deleted] afternoon [/deleted] [inserted] evening [/inserted] , [inserted] me [/inserted] following Daddy who hits golf balls in every direction, curses and swears because they are not perfect, & a small Poruguese[sic] caddie about the size of Norman (& looking rather like Norman as to size and figure, especially as his clothes are much the same colour & style as Ns old grey pyjamas) manages to find all the balls in the most amazing way – then we come home eat our dinner and go to bed & so we go on day after day, Daddy goes in to Lisbon every morning to see if there is anything doing, we are out here trying to get an order for two sloops & I gather Daddy will be terribly surprised if he gets it, but he dare not go as there is just a chance that he might, a very very remote one, so here we sit & as I said before nobody wants us – there is one other English couple in the Hotel, a baronet and his wife, very affectionate and rather haughty, she wears an eyeglass & smokes cigars, they represent he aristocracy, we are in the middle class, & the next middle class down is represented by a Scotch couple from Glasgow, who are very Scotch and very talkative, he is [sic] great ideas as to how wives should behave to their husbands they do not coincide with mine at all; we see almost too [page break] much of them, then there's an Austrian, 2 Danes, 6 Portuguese & one or two other oddments I don't quite know what they are, but as you can see conversation is rather restricted, unfortunately I made friends with the Portuguese last night, & I dare not go out & sit on the Terrace today because I shall have to go on trying to make conversation with them, & its a terrible effort. The sea is lovely here I generally have a sun bath before & after my bathe, but my skin has got so tickly in spite of masses of olive oil rubbed in until I feel like a sardine, that I contented myself with only bathing this morning, you can spend as much of the day as you like in a bathing dress of the briefest description, the Scotchman here was telling me that you can never be quite sure [inserted] in foreign parts [/inserted] what does constitute indecent behaviour, that a friend of his somewhere in Italy went down to the beach in shorts and he was had up by a policeman for not being properly dressed & he had to stand under the eye of the policeman whilst his friend went up to his hotel & fetched his trousers & then he had to change then and there under the eye of the policeman, the Scotchman swears that here were people sunbathing [inserted] in scanty bathing dress [/inserted] all round him which I find hard to believe – but its a pity you can't come here & sun bathe, you'd be a lovely colour. I gather from Elizabeth that Sol is doing his best to get on with Julian, so far neither has eaten the other & so I hope all is well – is there any chance of your being sent home when you are out of quarantine for measles? We don't know when we shall be home, at present Daddy seems to think we might get away about July 18th which would get us home about July 22, but Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Part of a letter to David Donaldson from his mother Description An account of the resource Letter to David Donaldson from his mother who is in Lisbon with his father who is there on business. She sympathises with David who has measles. She is rather bored having to follow his father around. and writes of playing golf and fathers business activities. She continues with descriptions of other guests in the hotel. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Donaldson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonFIDonaldsonDW[Date]-01 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Portugal Portugal--Lisbon Great Britain England--Hampshire England--Southampton Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive