Chadwick, Harold

Title

Chadwick, Harold

Description

37 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Harold Chadwick (b. 1920, 1020104 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 100 Squadron and was killed 23 August 1943.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Harold Chadwick and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Additional information on Harold Chadwick is available via the IBCC Losses Database,

Date

2019-02-13

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Chadwick, H

Collection Items

School photograph
A large group of school boys arranged in five rows in front of their school.

Census extracts
Seven extracts of census data. For each address the inhabitants are named, their occupations and ages, and where born.

Chadwick's census entry 1911
An extract from the 1911 census with six names.

Harold Chadwick's grave
Six photographs.
#1 is Harold's grave.
#2 is a young man standing behind Harold's grave.
#3 is the memorial at the cemetery.
#4, 5 and 6 are Harold's mother and father at his grave.

Sympathy letter and grave of Harold Chadwick with details
Four items.
#1 a letter of sympathy from the King.
#2 a colour photograph of Harold's grave.
#3 Cemetery details of Bergen, Holland.
#4 Casualty details of Harold.

Uncle Harold
Six photographs.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait, identified on a post-it as 'Uncle H oct 18 1920'.
#2 is three men and a girl identified as 'Uncle H Geoff Dad Auntie M'.
#3 is a group of 27 airmen arranged in three rows.
#4 is a half length…

Large group photograph
A large group of soldiers arranged in six rows in front of a large building.

Seven embroidered items
Seven embroidered items, all but one mounted on cards. There is a post-it stating ' GD died 15.12.77 aged 81 years'.

Harold Chadwick and family and a character certificate
Four photographs and a certificate.
#1 is Harold and his bride.
#2 is two men, one seated and one standing. A post-it states 'Grandad ? with Gt Uncle George'.
#3 is a woman
#4 is Harold and family. They are on a motorbike and sidecar. A post-it…

Harold Chadwick's notification of death and return of his possessions
Two documents.
#1 a letter presuming Harold has died.
#2 a letter returning Harold's possessions to his mother.

Harold Chadwick's army details
Two documents relating to Harold's time in the army.

Cemetery details and Harold Chadwick's army history
Two documents.
#1 is details of Louverval cemetery, Doignies.
#2 is an army record of Harold with brief details of his service.

Harold Chadwick and his grave
Seven items.
#1 is a portrait of Harold with brief details about his death.
#2 is a photograph of the Cambrai memorial at Louverval and brief details about Harold's death.
#3, 4 and 7 are an extract of casualty details relating to Harold.
#5 is a…

Fred Chadwick's retirement letters
Three letters to Fred regarding his retirement.

Application for permission to be ill and new baby photographs
One document and four photographs.
#1 an application for permission to be ill. A spoof document written in a humorous manner.
#2 is Fred, his wife, their three boys and a new baby.
#3 is Fred's three boys around the pram with the new baby.
#4 is…

Family photographs, Malta
16 photographs.
#1 a house with palm trees.
#2 a man, donkey and cart.
#3 a boy sitting on steps beside a deck chair.
#4 is Fred and two boys with their car behind.
#5 is four boys about to dive into a pool.
#6 and 12 is a family group sitting…

Family photographs
Ten photographs.
#1 a postcard of Portmellon, near Mevagissey.
#2 a woman and three boys.
#3 three airmen and wives in long dresses, at the bar.
#4 a view across a town.
#5 a side view of a Lancaster, 'J'
#6 a head and shoulders portrait of a…

Garden party invitation and Coronation photographs
One invitation and four photographs.
#1 an invitation to a garden Party to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
#2 a photograph of the royal yacht, Britannia.
#3 is a head and shoulders image of the Queen and Prince Philip.
#4 is Prince…

Fred Chadwick's commission letter, Yogi bear cartoon and Operation Rendezvous newspaper cutting
Three documents.
#1 a letter to Fred with his commission.
#2 a cartoon of Yogi bear.
#3 a newspaper cutting about Operation Rendezvous with a paragraph mentioning Fred.

Fred Chardwick's promotion certificate
A certificate promoting Fred to Flight Lieutenant and signed by the Queen.

Officers' advanced training school - No 75 course
A group of 35 airmen arranged in four rows. Each man is identified in the caption underneath.

Bomb Recce Officers course and Swimming proficiency certificate
Two certificates awarded to Fred Chadwick.
#1 a Bomb reconnaissance course pass.
#2 a swimming proficiency certificate.

Squadron photo and groups in khaki
Three photographs. #1 is a squadron photograph of a large group arranged in five rows in front of a white Lancaster. #2 is 15 men in khaki in two rows in front of a Nissen hut. #3 is four men in khaki and shorts in front of a tent.

Three group photographs
Three photographs.
#1 is captioned SL6 and all 11 men are named. Fred is front row, second from right.
#2 is 21 men arranged in three rows.
#3 is 19 men arranged in three rows.
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