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Cloth badge with magnifying glass and certificate for award of Collector badge.

Cloth badge with pencil and certificate for award of Artists badge.

Top left - a baby sitting on low bench. On the reverse 'Hazel Crofts, 1939?'.
Middle left - full face portrait of a woman. On the reverse 'Hazel Crofts'.
Bottom left - full-length image of woman wearing wedding dress and holding bouquet. On the…

Top left - baby with bonnet sitting under bush in garden with wooden hut behind. On the reverse '(in the rhubarb) Hazel Crofts at 54 Wulfric'.
Middle left - two servicemen wearing khaki uniform standing side by side, one wearing side cap. On the…

Top left - boy in school uniform standing on path outside a house. On the reverse 'Lewis and 54 Wulfric road'.
Left middle - three-quarter length image of a man and woman with wooden fence and hedge in the background. On the reverse 'Mr and Mrs…

Top left - two boys on horses. On the reverse 'Fred Belch and Lewis'.
Left middle - bride and groom wedding photograph. On the reverse 'auntie Bet's lodger's wedding, Alan Wilds'.
Bottom left - boy wearing shorts and jacket standing by wooden…

Top left - woman wearing white dress sitting on wooden stool. On the reverse 'aunt Bet (wedding dress)'.
Bottom left - woman sitting in wooden chair with paper on table. On the reverse 'aunt Clara Maddles (nee Cabitas)'.
Top right - head and…

Left top - baby sitting holding doll. On the reverse 'to mother from Harry R[....] L Lucy, will send tom one next week'.
Left middle - sideways photo of child in sailor suit. On the reverse 'Lewis, 54 Wulfric back yard'.
Left bottom - a man and…

Two documents.
#1 is Don's Grade Card stating he is Grade One.
#2 is Don's postponement of calling up for the RAFVR.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Top left - two men wearing greatcoats and peaked caps, one sitting in armchair and the other standing behind. On the reverse 'uncle Israel & Dad'.
Middle left - two soldiers wearing tunics and peaked caps with bandoliers standing outside a hut. On…

Left page - 1. French language exam paper for universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham translation passages. 2. Letter to Lewis from friend announcing holidays.
Right page 1. Examination announcement certificate for …

Left page - school report for Lewis Ellis giving report on subjects.
Right page - three certificates of attendance for Lewis Ellis.

Left page - certificate of discharge for Sapper Jacob L Goodfellow, Royal Engineers.
Right page - Handkerchief embroidered with a gun on a carriage, two inverted tricolour flags, and shells.

Two receipts from Haroll's & Co Ltd

Right page - receipt for hire car from Reuben Thompson Ltd of Sheffield.

Article announcing Sergeant Lewis Ellis was awarded his wings.

Article concerning funeral of Sergeant G H Luxford who was killed in action on his 20th birthday. Gives some background. Includes photograph.

Lord mayor of Sheffield unveiling tablet in memory of High Storrs grammar school old boys who gave their lives. Includes photograph.

Article stating that Flying Officer Lewis Ellis was now presumed dead. Includes b/w photograph.

Ticket from Sheffield to St John's Wood, Navy, Army, Air Force on duty.

Catches up with news of sport, work and other activities.

Includes some personal details of Sergeant Geoffrey Beckett (622136 RAF) qualified as WOP/Tech was mid-upper gunner. Includes photographs of his grave headstone in Den Burg (Texel) cemetery, himself, view of inside fuselage of Lancaster, wreckage of…

Gives personal details and next of kin. Includes b/w photograph and fingerprint. Stalag IX C. Two versions of the same item. Submitted with caption 'Photo of Bob Burns's German PoW ID card for Stalag IXC'.

A detailed description of an operation to Mannheim on 19 May 1942. The author describes the preparation, the operation and their safe return to the UK.

A brief biography of Jimmy.