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Title
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-05-09
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Identifier
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Ellis, RHG
Description
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62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Transcription
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AIR MINISTRY,
WHITTINGTON ROAD,
WORCESTER.
8th December, 1943
ELLIS/918424/7.K.Cas.
Madam,
I am directed to inform you that it is necessary to verify particulars of your birth, and it is therefore requested that you will be good enough to complete the right-hand side of the enclosed card where marked, and return to this Department at your earliest convenience. Kindly forward your birth certificate if available.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
for Director of Accounts
Mrs. D, C. M. Ellis,
253 Balham High Road,
London S.W.17.
[page break]
R. A. F. Station,
LAKENHEATH,
Nr. Brandon,
Suffolk.
Ref:- LAK/418/186/P1. 19th November 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
I wish to inform you that your husband’s cycle (Ladies) has been despatched by rail to your home address at Air Ministry expense.
Would you kindly complete the enclosed receipt vouchers and return same to this Station.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding.
[underlined]R.A.F Station, Lakenheath [/underlined]
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Title
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Two Letters to Mrs Doreen Ellis
Description
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The first letter advises that Doreen's husband's bicycle has been despatched by rail to her.
The second asks Doreen to verify her date of birth.
Creator
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Commanding Officer, RAF Lakenheath
Great Britain. Air Ministry
Date
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1943-11-19
1943-12-08
Format
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Two typewritten sheets
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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SEllisRHG918424v10029
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Suffolk
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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David Bloomfield
Temporal Coverage
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1943-09-07
1943-12-08
aircrew
RAF Lakenheath