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A group of fifty men of 207 Squadron comprising four officers in peaked caps, 45 men in side caps and one bareheaded. The photograph is annotated '207 SQDN. Air Gunners May 1945'. Albert Frederick Nye is standing, third from the right in the second…

Albert Frederick Nye (left) with another man, both in RAF uniform drinking at a bar. Drinking from short stemmed glasses with a glass jug on the bar. Annotated on the reverse; ‘”Air Transit Mess” RAF Yelahanka India Command July 1946’ and ‘A F Nye…

A sergeant in uniform wearing glasses and holding a cigarette; courtyard with utility pole and two storey building behind with multiple arches at ground level and chimneys.

Albert Frederick Nye wearing his uniform with sergeant's insignia, flying boots, Mae West lifejacket and parachute harness. He is standing by a Lancaster rear gunner's position in which an airman is seated. There are packed parachutes on the ground…

A group of thirteen men, 12 in flying suits surrounding a sergeant in uniform. The airmen are wearing Sidcot suits, flying boots and leather gloves. Some are holding their flying helmets. Albert Frederick Nye is seated in the second row, second from…

Albert Frederick Nye and a man in uniform, holding mugs. Standing outside a railway carriage. A third mug sits on the floor between them. The railway carriage is designated as a 'smoking' carriage. The carriage door is open and bundles of cloth and…

Albert Frederick Nye (standing right) and servicemen in front of truck, parked alongside an advertising hoarding. One serviceman in long uniform and two, one a sergeant, in short trouser uniform. Fourth man's head can be seen behind the servicemen.…

Albert Frederick Nye (left) and two other men in swimwear leaning against a low wall. Canvas tents on the sand with a deck chair with a second easy chair alongside on the sand. Annotated on the reverse: 'A F Nye (left)'.

Albert Frederick Nye inside a building drinking tea from a tea set. Sat at a desk in a room with a large open window with a second desk, notice board and telephone. Annotated on the reverse 'A F Nye'.

Albert Frederick Nye in front of stone domed structure. He is wearing short trouser uniform and has his sergeant's stripes on his arm. He has a knife in a case tucked into his waistband. Annotated on the reverse: 'A F Nye'.

Albert Frederick Nye bare chested on a stationary motorcycle in front of a corrugated iron built building. There is a brick tower with a water tank on top with a man, wearing a turban, leaning against the base.

Albert Frederick Nye wearing civilian dress, smoking a cigarette. Standing across a courtyard from a two storey, flat roofed brick building with a colonnade. Annotated on the reverse: 'A F Nye'.

Albert Frederick Nye in shorts sat on rattan chair with legs on a camp table. Taken in a mess tent with tall cupboard, camp bed and items of luggage. Annotated on the reverse: 'A F Nye'.

Albert Frederick Nye's service and release book from 13 December 1943 to 10 May 1947. The statement states that 'This airman has been instructed in two trades since his original attestation to the Service and he has obtained excellent results in…

Details service life from 1943 to 1947.

A F Nye wearing khaki shorts and short sleeved, open necked shirt, in a garden. There are several circular flower beds edged with whitewashed stones. There is a road crossing the scene, beyond the garden, with a row of palm trees along it.

Alfred Frederick Nye, wearing short trouser uniform, holding a baton, on bicycle with second bicycle alongside in an open doorway. Canvas covered truck in the background. Annotated on the reverse: 'A F Nye'.

Three storeys of stone arches in a row cut into a cliff face below ground level. At ground level, four domed structures. One has stone carvings on the apex of the dome and another dome is raised on stone pillars with a void below.

Stone domed structure with crenellations below the domed roof. The apex of the dome has stone carvings. There is graffiti on the main structure and on the smaller domed structures in the foreground, including the name 'Dhanji'.

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Top left: Victory Chinese Restaurant.
Top right: Opera House on Brigade Rd, Bangalore. On reverse 'opera talkies Brigade Road Bangalore'.
Centre: St. Andrew's Church. On reverse, 'St Andrew's Church Bangalore'.
Bottom left: St. Mary's Basilica,…

Top left: Air Booking Centre and Bank of Mysore. On reverse 'Bank of Mysore on South Parade'.
Top right: Town view, across an open space St. Mary's Church in Bangalore with further spires and domes and sparse vegetation. On reverse 'Distant view of…

Top left: Commercial street scene with pedestrians.
Top right: Commercial Street, Bangalore. A sign reads "K. Syed & Co"
Centre left: BRV Theatre on the corner of Cubbon Road and Central Street. A sign reads 'Gala Dance'.
Centre right: Oriental…

Top left: Imperial Talkies cinema on Residency Road, Bangalore. On reverse, 'Imperial talkies Bangalore'.
Top right: St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore.
Centre: Market Square looking into HKP Road with Sunlight Soap advertisement. On reverse, 'Market…

A series of Bangalore street scenes taken around General Parade Ground and South Parade area.

Top left: Commercial street scene at Cavalry Rd (now Kamaraj Rd), Mysore, Bangalore.
Top right: South Parade (now MG Rd), Bangalore, close tot he…

A well where water is reached by a series of descending steps; called a 'stepwell'.