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21st birthday card
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21st birthday card; from sister Nan and brother in law Alex.
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21st birthday greetings to Aubrey Read
Notice published in the Lincolnshire Echo, congratulating Aubrey on his 21st birthday from his Mum and Dad.
A 21st birthday card.
A 21st birthday card.
Aubrey Read
Two portraits of Aubrey with air gunner brevet. Reverse has pencilled annotation 'FX 6960/12G73/23/5'.
At this time, the AG brevet was worn by WOP/AGs together with the Wireless Operator's flash on the sleeve.
At this time, the AG brevet was worn by WOP/AGs together with the Wireless Operator's flash on the sleeve.
Aubrey Read
Photographs of Aubrey, head and shoulders, in uniform, contact sheet format. Some in a booklet.
Aubrey Read and three other airmen with a tractor
Early in his air force career, Aubrey, on left, pose with three other airmen and a tractor. On reverse photographers name, 'Turner's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne'.
Aubrey Read reference
Reference is from Clayton Dewandre who employed Aubrey from January 1935.
Aubrey Read reference
Reference is from the band master of 4th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Army.
Aubrey Read reference
Personal reference for Aubrey.
Aubrey Read with brother Vic
Aubrey in airman's uniform as part of RAF Cranwell's Band posed with his older brother Vic, wearing army uniform and Royal Lincolnshire Regiment hat and collar badges.
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Aubrey Read's Certificate of Discharge from the Territorial Army
Discharged from the Band of the Lincolnshire Regiment, issued when he joined the RAF.
Aubrey Read's Certificate of Registry of Birth
Issued by the Lincoln Registrar.
Aubrey Read’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Flying Officer Aubrey Read’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 30/9/42 to 26/11/43, detailing training and operations as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Based at RAF Walney Island (aka RAF Barrow in Furness) (No. 10 Air Gunnery…
Christmas card
Card is from St Martin's Y.P.G. Lincoln and is signed by the chairman and the secretary.
Comrades of the Royal Air Force Association rule book
Membership card and rule book for the Sleaford district Branch issued to Aubrey when he was a member of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell Band.
Condolence letter to Aubrey Read's mother
Letter from Officer Commanding 106 Squadron expressing his sympathy and suggesting the possibility that Aubrey had managed to bale out.
Condolence letter to Aubrey Read's mother
Letter from King George VI and the Queen, offering their sympathy, together with the envelope.
Copy of Aubrey Read's birth certificate
The copy was issued on 4 May 1939.
Crew with Lancaster
Seven individuals standing in a row beneath the nose of a Lancaster. Aircraft parked on a dispersal, servicing equipment in the background.
Greetings telegram addressed to Aubrey Read
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Envelope and telegram to Aircrafstman Read, S.H.Q Signals Section R.A.F. Elsham Wolds. 'Congratulations for your 21st from Betty Jim and Joyce'.
21st birthday telegram from Aubrey's Uncle Jim, Auntie Betty and cousin Joyce.
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21st birthday telegram from Aubrey's Uncle Jim, Auntie Betty and cousin Joyce.
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Letter from Air Ministry to Aubrey Read's mother
Letter is to inform his mother that Aubrey is being moved from his temporary grave to his final resting place.
Letter from British Legion
Letter from British Legion to Aubrey's mother, sent with their Overseas Catalogue.
Letter from Imperial War Graves Commission to Aubrey Read's mother
Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission advising his mother that a head stone had been placed marking Aubrey's grave at the Durnbach War Cemetery and that the inscription that she had asked for had been inscribed and that if she wished to, she…
Letter to Aubrey Read from Royal Air Force Recruiting Depot
Letter instructing Aubrey to complete an enclosed form and send the documents listed on an enclosed F936. The letter concerns Aubrey's request to join the RAF as a musician.
Letter to Aubrey Read to arrange an audition
From Director of Music at the RAF College Cranwell, inviting him to arrange an audition as a clarinet player.
Letter to Aubrey Read's mother from Ministry of Pensions
Letter informs his mother that due to Aubrey's death she has a pension of £52 per year. With two forms one describing how to draw the pension, the other describing how it had been calculated.