Reynolds, William

Title

Reynolds, William
W T Reynolds
Bill Reynolds

Description

Seven items. The collection concerns William Reynolds who was stationed at Branston Mere Y Station, a wireless intercept and direction finding station. the collection consists of three photographs and four copies of 'Mere Gen', the stations unofficial newsletter.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Linda Smith and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.

Date

2015-07-31

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Reynolds, WT

Collection Items

Mere Gen March 1944
a 29 page duplicated magazine produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. All the items are original, mainly 'in' jokes consisting of stories, jokes, poems and cartoons.

Mere Gen 1st Birthday edition
A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. It includes 'in' jokes, stories, poems, cartoons and a
a crossword puzzle.

Mere Gen Christmas 1943
A duplicated magazine produced by the personnel at Branston Mere Y station. It contains 'in' jokes, stories, a quiz, poems and cartoons.

Mere Gen 1942
A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel at Branston Mere. It includes 'in' jokes, poems, cartoons, and a ghost story.

Operators at Branston Mere Y station
Six RAF personnel, four of them corporals, head and shoulders or upper torso, in two rows all with wireless flash.


Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

Aerial farm at Branston Mere Y station
Four tall aerials, two wooden huts, one protected by blast walls, in a open field.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

Branston Mere Y Station staff
The 40 plus staff, a mixture of airmen, airwomen, police and civilian staff, in five rows, posed in the middle of a field, wooden shed in background. On the reverse some signatures and 'William Reynolds (Bill) Top row 2 left next to man with hat.…
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