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Two airmen, the driver is a flight sergeant sitting on an AJS motorbike in front of a hut.

A woman wearing shirt and trousers with dog, sitting on the front bumper of a Thames lorry in front of a building. On the reverse 'Eva Marion Pearson, wife, RAF Wyton'.

Six men, four in uniform, two sitting on bonnet of a lorry, and four (two in uniform and two civilian dress standing in front). In the background single story huts and terraced houses.

Two airmen walk between two lines of gliders. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'GH20'.

Gliders and their tugs above cultivated fields in a flat landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C neg 27' and 'Gliders and tugs landing/crossing of Rhine'. Photograph includes Horsa gliders and Stirling tugs.

A glider landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

Glider landing zone in a flat rural landscape. There is a single storey building to one side. Captioned '0051 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

A glider on its back in a field. Captioned, '0048 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 P/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'American glider upturned at Nijmegen'.

Ribbons for medals awarded to Stanislaw Sewerin:
1939 - 1945 Star
Africa Star with clasp 'North Africa 1942 - 43'
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939 - 45
Polish Cross of Valour
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939 - 45
RAF…

A brass stamp with a coat of arms depicting a dragon within a banner beneath a crown with a dragon on top.

Ron, with his hand in his pocket, leans against a lorry. On reverse, 'R.A.Flynn'.

Top right: Looking across a river with a rocky bank. Captioned, 'Hunyani River'. On reverse: 'Hunyani'.
Centre: A Fairey Battle on the ground with rocks by the wheels. Captioned, 'Fairy Battle aircraft'.
Bottom left: An exposed Merlin engine with a…

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A man walks from a car, with registration number S 11683, towards a single storey corrugated building. The roof overhangs the building creating a shaded porch on which stand two men in uniform.
A man in a suit walks along the shaded…

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View of a destroyer with two funnels from the deck of another ship. Captioned, 'the flagship'.
View across the bows of four ships into the sunset. Captioned, 'sunset at sea'.
Looking down at the deck of a ship on which men in shorts…

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A ship at sea. Captioned, 'convoy escort'.
Four ships at sea, above one of which is cloud of smoke. Captioned 'destroyer on firing practice'.
Two ships at sea with twin funnels. Two further ships are close by.
View from the deck of a…

From the top: One: Three servicemen in shorts and short sleeves, two in officer's caps. They are standing with two other men and lean against a lorry on which a number of benches are piled. The lorry is parked outside a brick building. Two: View of a…

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One: Through the trusses of an aircraft a tugboat is alongside a moored ship with a city behind.
Two: View of a moored ship on a quay with a nearby tugboat.
Three: Wing of an aircraft obscuring the view of a ship moored on a…

Top: Lancaster rear turret with two guns. Spent cartridge cases on the ground.
Bottom: two gun turret with man.

Photograph of King Albert, King of the Belgians, taken during the First World War. The King is sitting in front of the pilot in a two seater biplane. An army officer in uniform is standing facing the aircraft. Reverse of image labelled 'WW1 press…

A girl sitting on the running board of a car.

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Left: Mike in uniform, holding a dog, standing alongside a car. There are trees beyond. Captioned, 'an afternoon off in Norwich (May 1942)'.
Right: A woman, holding a dog, standing alongside a car. Captioned, 'same again!!'.

Left: Mike sat in a deck chair with his pipe, reading a magazine. Captioned, 'Mike July 1940 at Burnham'.
Right: Sat on a wooden bench in a suit, holding his pipe. Captioned, 'Mike again Spring 1940'.
Bottom: Mike in a suit standing on a pavement…

16 photographs.
#1 a house with palm trees.
#2 a man, donkey and cart.
#3 a boy sitting on steps beside a deck chair.
#4 is Fred and two boys with their car behind.
#5 is four boys about to dive into a pool.
#6 and 12 is a family group sitting…

An artifact annotated 'Artifact from LM381 Lancaster bomber, E2, found Kollerbeck 1944, presented Nov 2015 to GH Clarke [Brian's brother].

A man wearing jacket and tie smoking a pipe astride a motorbike registration 'KBH119 in street with houses in the background.