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Air raid
Two verse poem about bombing.
Armourer
Poem about armourer loading bombs but would not be there when they were dropped.
British Military Administration (Malaya) Military Courts. Charge Sheet
Details charges and trial of Carline Da Silva for giving assistance to Japanese secret police. Covers all 14 charges, lists witnesses and provides handwritten notes on testimony. Charges annotated with handwritten notes. Three printed pages and 25…
Chess
Poem about playing chess.
For Alan
Three verse poem with a tribute to a friend.
For C.R.W
Dedicated to C.R.W, killed March 7 1944 in an aircraft accident. Contrasts the pain of death with the serenity of afterlife.
From a darkness
Three verse poem about dark thoughts, despair and love.
From Telok Pisang
Three verse poem. Malayan landscapes spur a reflection on human condition.
Fugue - winter
Poem on winter and the effect it has on the people on the base.
Harold Yeoman’s pilot’s flying log book
Pilot’s flying log book for Harold Yeoman covering the period from 18 November 1940 to 7 November 1942. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Sywell (6 EFTS), RCAF Moose Jaw (32 SFTS), RAF Bassingbourn (11 OTU),…
Hauntings
A verse about the feeling of being haunted of an airman by his colleagues, who have passed and the feeling that they may resent him being alive.
I abandon now
Three verses poem about fear, despair and resolution.
I drift within
Three verse poem about death, despair.
If I should ever die
The author expresses his desire to live and his fearlessness of death. Rather than requesting a traditional burial, he asks for his ashes to be scattered on the wild hills he loves, avoiding rituals that would depressed those left behind.
In fever
Three verse poem on love conquering fever.
Interview with Harold Yeoman
Harold Yeoman volunteered for the RAF hoping to become an air gunner and was surprised to find he would be trained as a pilot. He describes a crash landing in a Wellington, returning from an operation to Cherbourg, and being sent to Essen twice…
Loose on the wind
Written in 1994, the document begins with a dedication, a poem and then a series of stories which together form the memoirs of Harold Yeoman, an officer who served in Bomber Command during the war, initially as a pilot on Wellingtons and then as an…
Now it would seem a time
Three verse poem - a time for living, forgetting, and no time to mourn.
Obituary: Harold Yeoman
Covers education, playing rugby and RAF career. After training as pilot in England and Canada, posted to 12 Squadron at RAF Binbrook flying Wellington. Mentions some of his 14 night operations before he was medically grounded. Continues with postings…
Poem
Reminisces the moment when his frightened heart was awakened by love, comparing that to the first breath of Heaven.
Poem at morning
Two verse poem about morning arriving at Uxbridge.
Poem of quietness I
Two verse poem about the countryside in Westmorland and walking.
Silent song
Three verse poem about song lying asleep in him but love would fire it.
Sonnet
Poem about death and afterlife.
Sonnet - to a dead poet
Poem about a friend who died too soon.