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Remembrance day 1948 order of ceremonial at the Cenotaph
Order of events, hymns and prayers.
Anniversary and remembrance day programme of service
List of events on armistice day at the Cenotaph and then remembrance (1914-1918, 1939-1945). Last page has unknown warrior epitaph.
Stadspark Steenbergen memorial
Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…
Three crews lost on an operation to Mainz
A list of the crew members of three Wellington MkIII aircraft that took part in an operation to Mainz and were killed or captured. The aircraft tail numbers and the fates of each crewman are detailed, including burial sites.
Elizabeth Connor and Clair
Clare Connor's widow and Clair. Clair is wearing her father's DFC.
On the reverse 'Clair Connor (daughter) Wife @ Cenotaph Montreal 1954'.
On the reverse 'Clair Connor (daughter) Wife @ Cenotaph Montreal 1954'.
In Memoriam - Clare Conor
An order of service to commemorate Clare.
Interview with Jacqui Whitehead
Jacqui Whitehead talks of how she has been involved with veterans, remembrance, and the Air Gunners Association over the last thirty years. She discusses stories of reconciliation, and how the Flightpath of Friendship and Reconciliation became a…
Interview with John Robert Dobson McClements
Interview with John McClements regarding his parents Robert and Iris McClements, and his decision to make a documentary about Operation Gisela, and his father's friend, Jack Laffoley.
Additional information on John Gifford Laurence Laffoley is…
Page 11. George Milson's cap, memorial stone at IBCC, George at Imperial War Museum, Oulton and on his 80th birthday
Five photographs.
#1 George's cap washed up on Indonesian beach.
#2 a memorial stone at IBCC, Lincoln.
#3 George and Jim "Dinty" Moore at Duxford's Blenheim.
#4 four airmen of 18 Squadron, Oulton.
#5 George on his 80th birthday.
#1 George's cap washed up on Indonesian beach.
#2 a memorial stone at IBCC, Lincoln.
#3 George and Jim "Dinty" Moore at Duxford's Blenheim.
#4 four airmen of 18 Squadron, Oulton.
#5 George on his 80th birthday.
Chan Chandler at the Dambusters memorial, and colleagues
Four photographs.
#1 Chan at the Dambusters memorial, Woodhall Spa.
#2 Joyce Reed, Sam, Mike and Dorothy Vaughan.
#3 Mike Vaughan and Ron Barton.
#4 Chan with his wife.
#1 Chan at the Dambusters memorial, Woodhall Spa.
#2 Joyce Reed, Sam, Mike and Dorothy Vaughan.
#3 Mike Vaughan and Ron Barton.
#4 Chan with his wife.
Frank Pearson at the RAF Wickenby memorial monument
Two men standing either side of the Wickenby memorial shaking hands. On the reverse 'Subject right'.
RAF Wickenby memorial
Stone monument to RAF Wickenby in memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 and 626 Squadrons who gave their lives in operations from this airfield.
Allied air crew
Programme of events to remember the crew of Lancaster ME449. Includes images of the crew: pilot, Squadron Leader Stan Slater; flight engineer, Sergeant Ken Foster; navigator, Flying Officer Stoney Mitchell; bomb aimer, Pilot Officer Merv Bertie;…
Medals for veterans
Outlines history of Bomber Command in World War 2 and despite many other memorials round the country, it was not until 2012 that a Bomber Command memorial was erected in Green Park London.
Bomber Command Memorial
Left page:
Top: The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial.
Bottom: A woman sitting in the rear gunner position of a Lancaster.
Top: The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial.
Bottom: A woman sitting in the rear gunner position of a Lancaster.
Remembered with honour
Left page:
Top, a memorial to Squadron leader Andrew Muir, DFC.
Bottom, the memorial at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Right page:
Top left, stone cross war memorial with white headstones beyond.
Right, rows of white headstones.
Bottom, a view of the…
Top, a memorial to Squadron leader Andrew Muir, DFC.
Bottom, the memorial at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Right page:
Top left, stone cross war memorial with white headstones beyond.
Right, rows of white headstones.
Bottom, a view of the…
'44-'84 Fortieth anniversary of "Market Garden"
A leaflet with photographs, maps and text about Market Garden. It includes details of three museums commemorating the Operation. Also a list of memorial celebrations and special events. There are four pages of events in Dutch and four pages detailing…
Enthusiastic cadet
Left page:
Top, 34 boys, arranged in four rows with a man standing alongside.
Bottom, recollections of Andrew and his time spent as a cadet and his career in the Royal Air Force.
Right page:
Book of remembrance on a pedestal with a wreath with…
Top, 34 boys, arranged in four rows with a man standing alongside.
Bottom, recollections of Andrew and his time spent as a cadet and his career in the Royal Air Force.
Right page:
Book of remembrance on a pedestal with a wreath with…
Harold Chadwick's grave
Six photographs.
#1 is Harold's grave.
#2 is a young man standing behind Harold's grave.
#3 is the memorial at the cemetery.
#4, 5 and 6 are Harold's mother and father at his grave.
#1 is Harold's grave.
#2 is a young man standing behind Harold's grave.
#3 is the memorial at the cemetery.
#4, 5 and 6 are Harold's mother and father at his grave.
I was a 'Military Brat'!
A memoir of an airman's daughter.
US Supreme Court and Lincoln Memorial
Two postcards.
#1 the US Supreme Court, Washington DC.
#2 is the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC
#1 the US Supreme Court, Washington DC.
#2 is the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC
The Battle of Berlin
Arthur John Pugh Lee's memoir of the Battle of Berlin, of being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war. He discusses his role in the de-Nazification trial of Robert Stauch, the Burgomaster of Katzenelnbogen.
If Love were all...the story of a Second World War bomber crew
The story of two members of a Lancaster crew from 626 Squadron at RAF Wickenby, their operations together and their final operation over Germany.