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Christmas and New Year card from David Boldy to S O Boldy
No. 5 air observer navigation school Christmas and New Year card with an Anson flying over hills inside an oval. Inside Royal Air Force crest and the printed words 'With the Best of Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year from'. Signed 'love…
Interview with Lawrence Henry di Placito. One
Lawrence di Placito served as a second-class coxswain on the RAF Air Sea Rescue launches during the Second World War. He was born in Chertsey and attended Egham grammar school where he was a member of the cadet force. Upon leaving school in 1936 he…
Interview with Margaret Irene Maxwell
Margaret was almost 12 years old and living in Romford, Essex at the outbreak of World War Two. She remembers the announcement being made by Neville Chamberlain on the radio on 3 September 1939. Margaret recalls being issued with a gas mask, and how…
Welcome to Durban
Two leaflets produced by Durban to introduce service men to the city. They include details of organisations, greetings in Zulu and Afrikaans, canteens and clubs, transport, maps, sport, places of interest, entertainments, taxi fares, places to visit…
Letter to the editor of Pegasus journal from Eric Keen
Story of paratroopers dropped from Stirling over Normandy on 5/6 June 1944 all signing 5 franc note with message 'thanks for the lift'. Stirling crew survived the war and the pilot kept the note. Lists names of paratroopers and the fact that Eric…
Aubrey Read reference
Reference is from the band master of 4th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Army.
Talk of the town and Italy's air power
Article 1 - Number of short gossip articles about events during fighting in Belgium and France as well as evacuation from Dunkirk. Includes article on wedding of Squadron Leader Robert H Niven. Article 2 - account of Italian air force which is…
Letter form from Sergeant F Harrison to Miss Winnie Myers
Asks how she was doing after illness. Relates visiting Tel Aviv where he has an English lady friend. Mentions current weather.
Letter from F Harrison to Kathleen
Thanks her for letter and postal order but asks her not to send any more money as he had a high rate of pay. Mentions military events of last year and describes Christmas in the desert which was a great success. Wonders when the war would end and…
Special Order of the Day
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A letter of encouragement to Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre.
Frederik Willem Kroese
A memoir about Frederik Kroese's wartime activities. There is a brief biography followed by a portrait of Frederik.
Included are photographs of a number of items: his fake ID card, a permit allowing him to use a bicycle, an official numbered…
Included are photographs of a number of items: his fake ID card, a permit allowing him to use a bicycle, an official numbered…
G Cruickshank Memoir
Describes life with family from 1918. Joined Army – 4th Queen's Own Hussars on 2nd January 1936. Joined RAF 1938 and trained as balloon operator then applied as air gunner, arriving at RAF Swinderby in December 1941. Took part in 50 Squadron…
Christmas in the Army 1941
Christmas greetings to employees of George Harker and Company Limited. Relates Christmas day activities of an army unit in the Middle East as well as wishing employees well.
Extracts from Letters of G.H. staff in the forces
Three extracts of letters of staff of George Harker and Company Limited serving in the forces. The first relates to clerical duties in the army, the second complains of nothing happening apart from being snowed in and the third waiting to start…
Interview with Tom Walker
Tom was born in Stainforth, near Doncaster. His father and two brothers were miners. One of his sisters was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the other was a qualified nurse; she became a sister in Barnsley Hospital until she joined the Army.…
Ted Thornhill's Copy of Birth Certificate
A copy of Ted's birth certificate.
Field service post card for Lilian
From George Grundy in response to a letter from Lilian.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Prisoner of war post card for Lilian
From George Grundy thanking her for her letter and comments on the letter contents.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Christmas greetings to Lilian
From George Grundy, card produced on behalf of the prisoners of war in Stalag VIIIB, Christmas 1941. Annotated from 'George with Love'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are…
Air drops in the La Spezia area
Major Gordon Lett reports to Colonnello Mario Fontana about air drops, including additional notes on operational procedures and an overall assessment of the military situation in the area.
Letter from Gordon Lett to Mario Fontana
Letter to Colonnello Mario Fontana from Major Gordon Lett regarding the capture of Black Brigade Fascist militiamen in the La Spezia area. Includes additional notes on the use of gas, and a quarrel over which unit should use supplies recently dropped…
Report form Gordon Lett to Mario Fontana
Gordon Lett writes to Colonnello Mario Fontana detailing recent activities: air drops, the activities of radio operators, actions against the Germans, and Allied personnel being parachuted behind enemy lines.
Letter from Gordon Lett to Mario Fontana
Major Gordon Lett discusses his posting to another area as a consequence of serious problems experienced: lack of cooperation, rivalries, unfair sharing of air drops, plus a disagreement over the role of specific units.
Letter from Gordon Lett to Mario Fontana
Major Gordon Lett writes to Colonnello Mario Fontana announcing his arrival mentioning rumours about a promotion from colonel to general.
Letter from Gordon Lett to Mario Fortelli
Major Gordon Lett writes to Colonnello Mario Fortelli describing his private life after ending his experience with the Resistance. Provides information on acquaintances, mentions a Miss Betty being detained in a camp, and stresses his commitment to…