Charles Ward]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Diary]]> British Army]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Italy]]> Italy--Bari]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> Jean Macartney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Australia]]> Italy]]> Italy--Brindisi]]> Italy--Mount Etna]]> North Africa]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Tunisia]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Algeria--Râs el Ma]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Erfurt]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Tunisia--Qayrawān]]> North Africa]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> British Army]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Italy]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> Pam Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathy Brearley]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> United States]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Florida--Miami]]> Florida--Pensacola]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina]]> Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo]]> Italy--Trieste]]> North Africa]]> Florida]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> After an unsuccessful attempt to run his family business, he applied for the civil service and worked until 1985 on radar development, auto triangulation, Cathode-Ray Direction Finder, Identification Friend or Foe, infrared devices, laser and chain radar stations.]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Algeria]]> Austria]]> Austria--Mauthausen]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Rhine River]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> 1944]]> He signed up for the Royal Air Force at the age of 18 in December 1941 and was called up in April 192 and posted to RAF Padgate to train as a Wireless Operator.
Stanley tells of his training at Padgate, including learning to use Morse Code, where he was unable to make 12 words a minute and was then posted to an RAF Radio Station in Elfin in Scotland.
He worked at offloading bombs and his job was to prepare them for distribution to units that they were to be used, however he then tells of his experiences there and what lead to his application to become the company typist.
Stanley tells of his interview to work for Bletchley Park, where he was based for six to seven weeks, and his posting to a radio station at Great Witcombe before being sent on embarkation leave. He tells of boarding a ship to Algiers and his experiences there and he also recalls his work in Algiers and Tunisia, passing messages along and learning of the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
He worked with British, French and American Army units as part of a signals unit. Once Bletchley Park closed, he returned to the RAF, using his later service life to study Economics, Mathematics and Physics.
After the war, Stanley returned to the mills where he worked in the office, studying textiles, taking his accountancy exams and working at various companies and after being made redundant at the age of 64, started his own driving school.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Vittel]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> France--Reims]]> France--Bastia]]> Tunisia]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Burma--Rangoon]]> France]]> France--Corsica]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Skegness]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> North Africa]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Egypt]]> India]]> India--Imphāl]]> Syria]]> Syria--Aleppo]]> Italy]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945-02-02]]> 1945-08-15]]> 1946-08-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Australia]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Western Australia--Fremantle]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Egypt--Port Said]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Liverpool]]> Western Australia]]> New South Wales]]> North Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Great Britain]]> North Africa]]> Tunisia]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> G B Gibbins]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Nelson]]> North Africa]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-09-19]]> 1941-12-25]]> D Husdson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-04-26]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-04-27]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-01]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-04]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-07]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-11]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-15]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-21]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-25]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Algeria--Médéa (Province)]]> North Africa]]> 1941-05-29]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān]]> North Africa]]> 1941-06-02]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān]]> North Africa]]> 1941-06-13]]> James Douglas Hudson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān]]> North Africa]]> 1941-06-15]]>