Wainwright, John Edgar

Title

Wainwright, John Edgar
Wainright, JE

Description

59 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer John Edgar Wainwright (b. 1923, 1453555 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, documents, correspondence and two photograph albums. He flew operations as a with 44 Squadron. He was shot down but successfully evaded. After the war he served in Singapore.

Album 1 of his time in Singapore and the Far East after the war.

Album 2 from his time in France post war.


The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael John Wainwright and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2022-02-21

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Wainwright, JE

Collection Items

Jack Wainwright's Service and Release Book
RAF Form 2520A issued to Jack. It includes brief details of his service life.

Jack Wainwright's Service Record
Form 543 with brief details of Jack's service record.

Telegram to Jack Wainwright's Mother
The message advises that her son is missing.

Les Pelletiers
Seven photographs from an album.
#1 Two policemen, a woman and a young girl.
#2 is the Cafe de la Paix.
#3 is a soldier, a man and Jack Wainwright at the steps of Beauvais cathedral.
#4 is two women and Jack Wainwright at the steps of the…

Les Pelletiers
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 is three men. The photograph has cut their heads off.
#2 is a man and a women on their wedding day.
#3 is three women and a man sitting on garden chairs.
#4 is a group of men and women but the photograph is over…

Les Pelletiers and Graves
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 two men dressed as farm workers, with shotguns, sitting on garden chairs.
#2 is a man and a women. The women is trying to enter a small door to an enclosed well.
#3 is two women with shovels working in a…

Les Pelletiers
12 photographs from an album.
#1 is a soldier and a man.
#2 is a soldier pointing a gun, in a garden.
#3 is the soldier and woman in a garden.
#4 is the soldier and the same woman standing beside the back of a truck.
#5 is the soldier and the…

Les Pelletiers
11 photographs from an album.
#1 is a man, woman and a child.
#2 is a man dressed as a cowboy with a revolver.
#3 is two women, a policeman and a child.
#4 is a policeman and a woman.
#5 is a policeman on traffic duty.
#6 is three woman, a man…

Les Pelletiers
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 12 members of the family.
#2 a head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
#3 a profile head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
#4 three men and the family car.
#5 two men and a woman beside the family car.
#6 is…

Paris
14 photographs from an album.
#1 is Notre Dame.
#2 is Sacre Coeur.
#3 is Les Invalides (Napoleon's Tomb).
#4 is the Opera.
#5 is Notre Dame.
#6 is Les Champs Elysees.
#7 is Rue Royale de la Madelaine.
#8 is Place Vendome.
#9 is Jardin du…

Sacre Couer and Eiffel Tower
15 photographs from an album.
#1 is inside Sacre Coeur.
#2 is Sacre Coeur from La Rue de L'Abreuvoir.
#3 is Sacre Coeur from La Rue Norvins.
#4 and 5 are inside St Pierre.
#6 is inside Sacre Coeur.
#7 is Sacre Coeur and the cable railway.
#8…

Montmartre, Paris
12 photographs from an album.
#1 La Basilique du Sacre Coeur
#2 and 3 the gardens with the Basilique behind.
#4 Sacre Coeur interior -the Choir.
#5 Sacre Coeur facing west.
#6 Sacre Coeur from the Rue de Chevalier de la Barre.
#7 Sacre Coeur…

Armistice Memorial and Marshall Foch
13 photographs from an album.
#1 and 4 are the Armistice Memorial.
#2is the location of the signing of the Armistice on the railway.
#3 and 10 are aerial views of the park at the Armistice memorial.
#5 is the statue of Marshall Foch.
#6 is the…

Chateau de Compiegne Interior
15 interior views from an album.
#1 is the Hall of the Guards.
#2 is the Festival Hall.
#3 is the Grand Staircase.
#4 is the Flowers Saloon.
#5 is the Saloon of the Aide de Campe.
#6 is the Music Room.
#7 is the room of the Ladies in…

Chateau de Compiegne
Six photographs from an album.
#1 is a view of the front.
#2 is a view from the park.
#3 is the terrace.
#4 is a conservatory captioned ' The [indecipherable]'.
#5 is the front.
#6 is described as 'the front as seen from the terrace'.

Beauvais Buildings and R101 Memorial
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a large building captioned 'Le Lycee Felix Faure.
#2 and 3 are a memorial to the R101 which crashed in October 1930.
#4 is identified as The Sanatorium of Dr Magnier (Beauvais).

Beauvais
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is the Church of St Etienne.
#2 is a monument to Jeanne Hachette.
#3 is a postcard of a four storey corner building.
#4 is the abbey and cloisters.

Beauvais Cathedral
Six photographs of Beauvais Cathedral and the Palace of Justice.
#1 is a front view of the cathedral.
#2 is the main doorway
#3 is captioned 'Front of the Cathedral and the Palace of Justice'.
#4 is the cloisters.
#5 is the astronomical…

France Beauvais 1952
A blank page with an insert with 'France Beauvais 1952'.

Album Cover
Cardboard album cover

Paglesham, Essex
Four photographs captioned Paglesham - Essex - England.
#1 and 2 are the front of the house.
#3 is a snow and ice covered stream.
#4 is the back of the house.

Joan and Geoff's House in Edwardstown, Adelaide
Six photographs captioned Joan and Geoff [indecipherable] house in Edwardstown, South Australia (Adelaide).
#1 is the back.
#2 and 3 are the front.
#4 is the back garden with a man with two boys sitting in a wheelbarrow.
#5 is a man sitting with…

The Cool Pool, Penang
Five photographs from an album. They show the pool and the mountain stream from the pool.

India and Malaysia
Seven photographs from an album.
#1 is a man with an orangutan.
#2 is a riverside scene in the dark.
#3 is the gopuram (entrance tower) of Sri Mariamman Temple, South Bridge Road, Singapore, captioned 'Indian Temple'.
#4 and 6 are the Ayer Itam…

Far East and India
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 is a riverside view with a ferry and buildings.
#2 is a creek with crops and buildings behind.
#3 is a building.
#4 is an arch with seven flags.
#5 is a creek with small boats and buildings.
#6 to 9 are headed…
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