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A group of men standing and seated at the side of the road.

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Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Wag and Len walking along a street.
Photo 2 is a car on a street.
Photo 3 is an open air cafe.
Photo 4 is a group mainly squatting on the pavement, captioned 'Boot Blacks (Shoe shine Captain George?)'.

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Top left - view across a quiet street to the Cairo Citadel. There are a few pedestrians and palm trees in the foreground. Captioned ‘The Citadel’. Top right - in the centre is a roundabout with guards at the side of the road and pedestrians on…

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A view of the camp at Cairo. In the distance a pyramid has been marked with a cross. On the reverse '1/2/46 Our camp at Merv, at Cairo (Egypt) with PYRAMIDS in the background. Marked with X.'

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MHudsdonJD755052-151029-02.pdf
An edition of Laghouat Internment camp weekly magazine with many articles covering a wide range of topics.

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LGodfreyCR1281391v10001.pdf
Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Godfrey from 3 of February 1941 to 25 of September 1945 detailing training schedule, instructional duties and operations flown. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Wellington, Hampden,…

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OWardCW1856653-160525-01.pdf
Personal and service record details for Charles William Ward. Noted that he served at home and abroad in North Africa and was awarded the Africa Star with 1st Army clasp and the 1939/45 Star and provides a character reference. Release date 29 April…

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LMcVickersCG1042135v1.pdf
Flying log book for C G McVickers, Wireless operator, covering the period from 6 April 1943 to 16 August 1965. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying duties with 90, 97, 12, 100, 101, 199, 192, 220, 210, 224 and 205…

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Article 1 headlines: Churchill-Roosevelt-talks, closest unity, General Smuts joins premier and president in news Cairo conference. Article 2 headlines; Scharnhorst sunk in arctic battle, attack by home fleet guarding Russian convoy, long fight off…

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LDaymanC1818522v1.pdf
Flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunners, flight engineers for C Dayman, wireless operator, covering the period from 11 February 1944 to 16 May 1947. Detailing his flying training, post war flying with 216 Squadron and Aden…

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Photo 1 - an airman with sergeant's stripes with his arm round a woman with a man to their left. They are sitting on a park bench.
Photo 2 - an airman identified as Bill Willoughby, Navigator at Wimpey port gun position.
Photo 3 - Bill Willoughby…

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Photo 1 is an airmen and two civilians seated on a park bench in Richmond.
Photo 2 is an airman with a camera. He is smoking a pipe and he is standing on snow.
Photo 3 is five airmen seated on steps in front of a wooden building. Three men are…

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PMcBeanLW16010086.jpg
In the foreground a barge with gangplanks leading up to ship beyond. Men walking up and down gangplanks. Captioned '"Wogs" coaling up ship - Port Said'

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Eleven men arranged in two rows, dressed for cricket.

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View of the three rear decks of a liner covered with dense crowds of people. Captioned 'Crowded stern of Louis Pasteur'.

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Two photographs from slightly different angles of a large building with three domes on a promontory surrounded by water. There is a mast at the right side. and small boats in front. Captioned 'Customs House - Port Said'

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A cyclist finishing a race. On the reverse ' "Monster" Doig finishing the "10" Egypt. April. 1947'.

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A cyclist on a racing bike. Behind two airmen are watching and behind them a Nissen hut.
A second image is identical.
A third image has, on the reverse, 'Astride the 'Raleigh Sports' Fayid April 1947'.

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Three items on an album page.

Item 1 is K Watson's mess bill for May 1949, Sergeants' Mess, RAF Shallufa.
Item 2 is a photo of the damage to the Lincoln after hitting a marker pole, captioned 'Kite after striking marker pole, Shallufa'.
Item 3…

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Derna dock with a sunken ship in the distance. Further behind are low hills with a long wall. In the foreground a sole pedestrian is walking by.

Identification kindly provided by Alby Anderson of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook…

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Dhow will sails set moving to left. Captioned 'Native Dhow in the Suez Canal'

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Two dhows with sails set moving to left with small steamer beyond. Captioned 'Dhows Port Said'.

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Best wishes for birthday signed Calvert

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Sent by J B Morton. Flowers and bells on the front with green ribbon. Woman at post-box inside front. Christmas greetings inside right.

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Newspaper cuttings noting that amongst other casualties that Sergeant J D Hudson is missing. Also noted 'Blenheim crash landed Cape Bon, navigator Hudson J D, pilot Riddick, known as John but probably Sgt D C B N, air gunner Randall, D W G (known as…

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