Holden, Beatrice Maud

Title

Holden, Beatrice Maud
B M Holden

Description

14 items. The collection concerns Beatrice Maud Holden (b. 1914) and contains documents and photographs. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Grace Ellis and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2017-07-11

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Holden, BM

Collection Items

Mother, Father and Daughter
A family of three on a promenade. The girl is in a pram.

Beatrice Achesan
A half length portrait of Beatrice sitting at a desk in uniform. On the reverse on a sticky note is 'Beatrice Achesan nee Holden Civil Defence'.

Two Women
Two women sitting in a garden.

Two WAAFs
Head and shoulder portraits of two women in WAAF uniform. On the reverse 'To Beatrice, With lots of Love and the best of luck, July 18th 1944.'

Hermann Brandt
A half length portrait of a civilian wearing a cap. On the reverse 'To remember from Hermann Brandt Germany January 1948' and on a sticky note 'German POW'.

Beatrice Holden
Beatrice wearing a great coat is standing in a street. On the reverse on a sticky note is 'Beatrice Holden' and handwritten 'Beatrice 1943'.

Beatrice Holden and two colleagues
Three members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing greatcoats. On the reverse 'L. Doreen from Larne. R. Violet from Portrush and myself. 24/1/43' and on a sticky note 'Beatrice Holden centre'.

Airwoman
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in WAAF uniform.

Beatrice Holden, Mother and Grandmother
Three women sitting on a bench. On the reverse on a sticky note is 'Beatrice Holden Rt// with mother & grandmother'.

Beatrice Holden
Beatrice standing on a beach. On the reverse 'Beatrice Holden ? Hollywood Beach Ulster'.

One Airman
An airman sitting on a stone wall. On the reverse 'Aug 1/79 Helen & Vincent Lanping 99 Kingsdale Ave, Willowdale Ont. Canada. [indecipherable] for 101 Sqdn Radar Section RCAF'.

Beatrice Holden
A head and shoulders portrait of Beatrice. On the reverse is a sticky note with her name.

Page 2 and 3 of a Letter
An unsigned letter with pages missing. It is full of social news.

Beatrice Holden Travel Identity Card
A card issued to Beatrice in September 1950.
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