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Award of good service certificates
Showing award of good service certificates to four members of No 3 movements unit (embarkation) of RAF stationed in Liverpool. Wing Commander gives awards to W/O T H Buzzard, W/O P J T Williams, Flight Sergeant D Birchell and WAAF Sergeant L…
Disembarkation document
List serial (personnel), transport, destination and remarks - Gladstone Dock
Embarkation information for vessel "Mauretania" - Gladstone dock
Lists draft, number of officers and other ranks, times, travel information (road or rail), destination, Flight Lieutenant Hollerin officer responsible, and transport arrangements.
Normal disposal of personnel on arrival in the UK
Lists by category, rank or trade and disposal destination. Part 1,2 and 3.
New Zealand liner Monowai in Liverpool
Large passenger ship crowded with troops. Tug in front and many spectators, civilian and military on the quayside. On the reverse copyright stamp from associated newspapers.
RAF service record
List postings and promotions from September 1939 until July 1945.
Alan Gwilliam’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Alan Gwilliam’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 29th September 1943 until 25th July 1953. Continued posting with 21 Service Flying Training School as an instructor. Posted to 76 Operational Training Unit in Palestine during March 1944 and then to No. 3…
Royal Air Force Route
Issued to Sergeant Hughes for travel from No. 11 Air Gunnery School, Douglas to Lytham via Liverpool and Preston.
Leonard Cheshire sermon
Sermon preached by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC, DSO, DFC in Liverpool Cathedral. Briefly mentions history of mankind and need to dedicate ourselves to that cause for which so many died in the last war. Mentions WW1 and aftermath and…
Reg Miles Audio Memoir
Reg Miles's memoir in three parts. In the first part, Reg describes his childhood in St Peter’s on the Isle of Thanet, his family, school, lack of money, and holiday jobs. Reg joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice, known as a ‘Brat’, in January…
Aircrew and other people
Left page - top left - an large group of aircrew, two rows sitting and one standing, all wearing battledress with side or peaked caps on grass in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned '44 (Rhodesia) Squadron flight engineers RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Nr…
The Prisoner of War March 1945
The official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St John War Organisation. This edition covers the Editors comments, the transport of food parcels, Emergency supplies for the camp, POW cooking, articles about Christmas in…
Bob Sharrock June 1943 - Feb 1946
Bob's memoirs in the RAF. He details his training, starting at Lords cricket ground then RAF Torquay, before Technical training at RAF St Athan, where he met Dorothy. In March 1944 he was posted to RAF Dishforth where his aircraft crashed and he…
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Sheila Wilmet grew up in Liverpool and was 15 when war was declared. She describes the devastation of bombing in 1941, spending nights in an Anderson shelter, and navigating unexploded bombs during her commute. She volunteered after viewing a…
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book for Alan John Payne, navigator, covering the period from 7 November 1942 to 8 August 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties and post war squadron duties. He…
Interview with Tony Gerard
Tony lived in South Pool before moving to Liverpool with his job in a bank. He also belonged the Air Training Corps. After about a year he decided to sign up for the Royal Air Force. His assessment and medical were at RAF Liverpool. He was called up…
Interview with Eric Evans
Eric Evans was born in 1923 in Liverpool and was 16 years old when war broke out. He served in the Royal Air Force, serving with 463 RAAF Squadron, starting from the rank of sergeant and rising to a warrant officer on leaving the service, before…
Interview with Jack Brown Franklin
Jack grew up in Liverpool. His brother was the famous ballet dancer, Frederick Franklin CBE. He describes the Liverpool May Blitz and the paper merchants’ firm, where he worked, being bombed. He returned to his job after the war. After the Local…