1 25 1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/53/437/EBoldyDABoldyAD330611-0001.2.jpg 725a8ed0084e2681526f8e843691dd86 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/53/437/EBoldyDABoldyAD330611-0002.2.jpg a5859679ccabc19d1d8fcbdb54bb7d7c 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 Boldy, David Dave Boldy D A Boldy Description An account of the resource 334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>. 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Boldy, DA Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document St. Pauls School. Jalapahar. 11/6/33/ My darling Daddy. Thank you for your letter. Please don’t spend to [sic] much money on the fruits you are sending us, times are much too hard. Please send us some pamflits [sic] if you [deleted] come [/deleted] can get any, ask Marcus and he will get is [sic]. Ask him to get from the “Regal” because they have got a new kind. It has been fearfuly [sic] hot today, but has now cooled down, as it is raining. We went and saw Mummy, yesterday and today. A certain gentleman of the Bible society gave us a lantern lecture of Malay, [underlined] it was very interesting indeed [/underlined]. I have finished reading the “Scarlet Pimpernel”, [underlined] I have thouroughly [sic] enjoyed it [/underlined]. I am now going to read “The Blue Bungalow” by William le Qeux [sic]. [underlined] He is a good writer. I got 42 marks in Hindi. The 1st boy got 50 marks. We have begun football [deleted] [undecipherable] [/deleted] now, as the rainy season is coming in. We had a good side today. We have been here over three months now, [underlined] they [page break] are simply flying [/underlined]. We are steadily saving 4 annas every we [sic]. We have now saved Rs 6 annas 4. I am ending now with lots of love and kisses from your loving son [underlined] David [/underlined] P.S. I have sent you a pamflit [sic] in case you do not know what it is. Please return it when you have finished with it. 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 Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Requests for some pamphlets and talks about the rainy season and beginning to play football. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Boldy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1933-06-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwriten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text. Correspondence Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBoldyDABoldyAD330611 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. India India--Darjeeling Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1933-06 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. Title A name given to the resource Letter from David Boldy to his father Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Janice Waller sport