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Rear quarter view from below of an airborne Airspeed AS.51 Horsa glider.

View from rear of an airborne General Aircraft Limited GAL. 49 Hamilcar glider.

Side view of an airborne Airspeed AS.51 Horsa.

The card says they have nothing new to write about but he asks for his concertina and clarinet. It is signed by nephew Ron and John.

J Taplin of Stevenage worked at Stevenage Lodge as a gardener associated with Six Hills Nursery before he was called to the Army at the start of the war. Within a week of enlisting he was in France where he spent the months of the Phoney War as…

3 men, in different military uniforms. The man on the left of the photograph, Walter Braithwaite, is wearing a Royal Air Force uniform, with an observers brevet visible above his left pocket. The man in the centre of the photograph is wearing a naval…

Robert George Sharland is standing with a girl and a man wearing a military uniform. Robert George Sharland can be seen wearing a Royal Air Force uniform with an aircrew brevet above his left pocket.

Seven men seated with eight men standing behind. The men are all wearing uniform and are photographed in front of some huts.
The reverse reads "4th r br".

A group of 15 servicemen in uniform stood on the grass with a hangar behind them.
The reverse reads "2r br".

18 men on motorcycles, four men in background near truck. Decipherable registration plates: “BHA 682” and “43304111”. Reverse: “Love you [indecipherable] from Jim, xxx” and “V 462”.

A four wheeled gun carriage underneath a pitched grass roofed open sided structure with trees alongside. On the reverse 'The gun carriage what Rhodes was carried to his grave on. Now in grounds of Governor's house'.

Left - Sergeant James Canniff seated in uniform (flight engineer).
Right - Sergeant James Canniff (middle left) stands in uniform with an RAF colleague and two men in Army uniform, one with visible sergeant patch. Two men sit, whilst James and…

Sergeant James Canniff in various contexts.
Top left – Sergeant James Canniff (left) stands next to another man, both in dress clothes, holding a dog
Top right – Ten men, four sitting, two kneeling, and four standing, and a woman standing.…

Left to right on the first photograph, Jack Harris, Royal Marine Commando, Eldon Harris, Royal Navy, Raymond Harris RAF.

A group of 17th/21st Lancers, Edwin Harris front row left seated, tank commander.

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Two photographs from an album.
#1 is a soldier wearing a medal.
#2 is a head and shoulders image of three wearing caps.

Issued by the Military Police in occupied Germany in 1947. It was passed to his unit for action.

A colleague of Joyce Exton Wallace in uniform.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

Unused humorous postcard of two soldiers telling a story.

Eight photographs of a family.
#1, 2 and 3 women
#4 Two women with a dog
#5 a woman
#6 a woman and boy
#7 a boy carrying a younger child
#8 a soldier and bride, leaving church.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in…

A piece of red cloth embroidered with 'Arnhem 1944' in red/white and blue thread.

A group of army and RAF servicemen, all wearing battledress, sitting and standing in two rows. Most have army or RAF brevet. In the background a single story hut with tree behind. On the reverse 'Before Arnhem, crew with airborne troops and glider…

Five photographs. From top to bottom, left to right: #1: Three airmen in tunics, two with brevets, sitting on a couch. Captioned: 'FRIEND'. #2: A group of army and RAF servicemen, all wearing battledress, sitting and standing in two rows. Most have…

Two soldiers, an army officer and an RAF airman standing in front of an Auster aircraft. The soldiers are dressed in fatigues and berets, the officer wears battledress, with a pilot's brevet, and a peaked cap, the airman is in battledress and beret.…

Three soldiers and an RAF airman in front of an Auster aircraft. The soldiers are dressed in fatigues and berets, the airman is in battledress and beret. The aircraft is parked on open ground in long grass. In the distance are some low buildings. The…

School old boys' annual magazine. Contains articles about the school, photograph of school's cadet company, and role of service for old grammarians. Covers all services but included F Dunn - killed in operation to Berlin 22 November 1943.