Group of people in front of church

PFOMetheringhamAF19040020.jpg

Title

Group of people in front of church

Description

Eleven people most in uniform including one woman and another woman in civilian dress standing in a group in front of the porch of a church. Submitted with description 'A group photograph at the porch of a church. The parish name on the sign above the door appears to have been obscured although it is unclear whether the sign or the photograph has been censored. The photograph is annotated on the rear "Wedding photo of George Riley". George Riley is aircrew, wearing an illegible half brevet, as are at least two others. Behind George Riley stands Sgt Norman Jackson (later VC). A pilot is standing at the extreme right in the photo. The bride is dressed in civilian clothes and wearing what appears to be either a heavy wool or light fur coat and a hat. To her right is a WAAF corporal. [Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M11/21]'.

Type

Format

One b/w photograph mounted on an album page

Rights

This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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.

Identifier

PFOMetheringhamAF19040020

Citation

“Group of people in front of church,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/31262.

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