Photo 2 is Bill sitting on a motorbike annotated 'Croydon 1940'.]]>
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Pending identification. Things]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1938]]>
1940]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Photo 2 is a man on a ladder in a storage room, annotated ' "The Tomb" Tower Chambers 1938'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1938]]>
Photo 2 is the Town hall, annotated 'Croydon Town Hall Coronation Illuminations'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1937-05]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Angela Gaffney]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Surrey]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1945-01-10]]>
1945-03-18]]>
Dennis Moore]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Sue Smith]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
Germany--Weeze]]>
England--London]]>
England--Wallington Garden]]>
Netherlands--Zandvoort]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Hartland]]>
England--Lynton]]>
England--Salcombe]]>
England--Amersham]]>
England--Newquay]]>
England--Manchester]]>
Scotland--Greenock]]>
United States]]>
New York (State)--New York]]>
Canada]]>
New Brunswick--Moncton]]>
Maine--Portland]]>
New Brunswick--Shediac]]>
New Brunswick--Fredericton]]>
Manitoba]]>
Manitoba--Brandon]]>
Manitoba--Winnipeg]]>
Ontario--Toronto]]>
Ontario--Hamilton]]>
Ontario--London]]>
Alberta--Medicine Hat]]>
England--Harrogate]]>
Scotland--Stranraer]]>
France--Angers]]>
Germany--Neuss]]>
England--Carlisle]]>
England--Morecambe]]>
Pakistan--Karachi]]>
Malta]]>
Egypt--Cairo]]>
Burma--Rangoon]]>
India--Mumbai]]>
China--Guangzhou]]>
China--Hainan Sheng]]>
China--Hong Kong]]>
India--Darjeeling]]>
England--Liverpool]]>
England--Hastings]]>
Kenya--Nairobi]]>
Italy--Verona]]>
Morocco--Marrakech]]>
Northern Ireland--Belfast]]>
Senegal--Dakar]]>
Brazil--Natal]]>
Argentina--Buenos Aires]]>
Turkey--İzmir]]>
Israel]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]>
Greenland]]>
Iceland]]>
Cyprus--Nicosia]]>
Iraq--Baghdad]]>
Bahrain]]>
England--Blandford Forum]]>
Germany--Hannover]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
England--Skellow]]>
England--Worcester]]>
England--Scarborough]]>
England--Pershore]]>
Arizona--Tucson]]>
California--Vandenberg Air Force Base]]>
England--Diss]]>
England--Chelmsford]]>
England--Basildon]]>
England--St. Albans]]>
England--Slough]]>
England--Letchworth]]>
England--Stevenage]]>
France--Calais]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
Netherlands--Walcheren]]>
Germany--Solingen]]>
Germany--Leipzig]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Munich]]>
Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
Germany--Bocholt]]>
Germany--Salzgitter]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
Germany--Potsdam]]>
England--Coventry]]>
England--London]]>
Germany--Wuppertal]]>
Germany--Saarbrücken]]>
Québec--Montréal]]>
India--Kolkata]]>
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City]]>
England--Southend-on-Sea]]>
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]>
Italy]]>
France]]>
Arizona]]>
California]]>
Maine]]>
New York (State)]]>
Egypt]]>
Ontario]]>
Québec]]>
New Brunswick]]>
Alberta]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador]]>
Germany]]>
Brazil]]>
Burma]]>
China]]>
Cyprus]]>
India]]>
Iraq]]>
Kenya]]>
Netherlands]]>
Pakistan]]>
Turkey]]>
Great Britain]]>
Vietnam]]>
Senegal]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
England--Berkshire]]>
England--Buckinghamshire]]>
England--Cornwall (County)]]>
England--Cumberland]]>
England--Devon]]>
England--Essex]]>
England--Herefordshire]]>
England--Kent]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
England--Norfolk]]>
England--Northumberland]]>
England--Sussex]]>
England--Worcestershire]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
England--Warwickshire]]>
England--London]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]>
Photo 1 is of EJ Saunders.
Photo 2 is EJ Saunders cycling on an egg and spoon race.
Photo 3 is his Mother, Francis and Father.
Photo 4 is a cycling race.
Photo 5 is his sister, Marjorie.
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Penny Thickett]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Jan Waller]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--London]]>
England--Southampton]]>
England--Hampshire]]>
1940]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--London]]>
England--Manchester]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Switzerland]]>
Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]>
Portugal--Lisbon]]>
England--Henley-on-Thames]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
France--Dunkerque]]>
Austria--Vienna]]>
Tunisia]]>
France--Paris]]>
France]]>
North Africa]]>
Germany]]>
Austria]]>
Portugal]]>
England--Oxfordshire]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
1945-05-07]]>
Her mother enlisted in the RAF in October 1941 and became a driver.
Included are some of her father's stories of his time as a prisoner.
There is his first postcard home as a prisoner, a photo of 'Your Finest Hour', photos of the Spitfire model given to her mother, a copy of a letter sent to prisoners of war held by the Japanese, from the King, a photo of Uncle Wally in Army uniform and photos of her father and mother at the start of the war.]]>
Annette Payne]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Tricia Marshall]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Text. Personal research]]>
Civilian]]>
British Army]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Singapore]]>
Burma]]>
England--Bath]]>
England--Colerne]]>
Malaysia]]>
England--Somerset]]>
England--Wiltshire]]>
Peter Lovatt]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Pending text-based transcription]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
United States]]>
Rhode Island--Quonset Point Naval Air Station]]>
Bahamas--Nassau]]>
New York (State)--New York]]>
Bahamas--New Providence Island]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Harrogate]]>
Scotland--Perth]]>
Scotland--Glasgow]]>
England--Warrington]]>
England--Blackpool]]>
Luxembourg]]>
France]]>
Belgium]]>
Netherlands]]>
France--Dunkerque]]>
England--Dover]]>
England--Grantham]]>
England--Torquay]]>
Wales--Aberystwyth]]>
Iceland]]>
Greenland]]>
Sierra Leone]]>
Russia (Federation)--Murmansk]]>
Singapore]]>
France--Saint-Malo]]>
Denmark]]>
Sweden]]>
Germany--Lübeck]]>
Netherlands--Ameland Island]]>
England--Grimsby]]>
Germany--Helgoland]]>
Netherlands--Rotterdam]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]>
England--Lundy Island]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
North Carolina]]>
North Carolina--Cape Hatteras]]>
Aruba]]>
Curaçao]]>
Iceland--Reykjavík]]>
Greenland--Narsarssuak]]>
Canada]]>
Québec--Montréal]]>
Rhode Island]]>
New York (State)--Buffalo]]>
Gulf of Mexico]]>
Caribbean Sea]]>
Virginia]]>
Florida--Miami]]>
Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base]]>
Puerto Rico--San Juan]]>
Cuba]]>
Florida--West Palm Beach]]>
Cuba--Caimanera]]>
India]]>
Sierra Leone--Freetown]]>
Jamaica]]>
Jamaica--Kingston]]>
Jamaica--Montego Bay]]>
Virginia--Norfolk]]>
Washington (D.C.)]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador]]>
Northern Ireland--Limavady]]>
England--Chatham (Kent)]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander]]>
Gibraltar]]>
England--Leicester]]>
Massachusetts--Boston]]>
Egypt--Alamayn]]>
Algeria--Algiers]]>
Algeria--Oran]]>
Algeria--Bejaïa]]>
Algeria--Annaba]]>
Italy--Sicily]]>
England--Milton Keynes]]>
Germany--Essen]]>
England--Dunwich]]>
Europe--Scheldt River]]>
England--Sizewell]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
England--Kent]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
England--Crowborough]]>
Netherlands--Hague]]>
England--Peterborough]]>
England--Bristol]]>
Germany--Homburg (Saarland)]]>
Belgium--Brussels]]>
Germany--Bochum]]>
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]>
Germany--Wanne-Eickel]]>
Belgium--Liège]]>
Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]>
Germany--Hannover]]>
Germany--Aschaffenburg]]>
Germany--Castrop-Rauxel]]>
Germany--Mittelland Canal]]>
Germany--Aachen]]>
Germany--Karlsruhe]]>
Germany--Neuss]]>
Germany--Nuremberg]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg)]]>
Germany--Leuna]]>
Germany--Osnabrück]]>
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]>
Germany--Ulm]]>
Germany--Munich]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
France--Ardennes]]>
Germany--Bonn]]>
Belgium--Houffalize]]>
Germany--Mannheim]]>
Germany--Grevenbroich]]>
Germany--Dülmen]]>
France--Metz]]>
Germany--Magdeburg]]>
Germany--Zeitz]]>
Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]>
England--Dungeness]]>
Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)]]>
Germany--Wiesbaden]]>
Germany--Dresden]]>
Germany--Leipzig]]>
Germany--Koblenz]]>
Germany--Chemnitz]]>
Germany--Dortmund]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
Germany--Münster in Westfalen]]>
Germany--Worms]]>
Germany--Pforzheim]]>
Germany--Darmstadt]]>
Europe--Lake Constance]]>
Germany--Bergkamen]]>
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]>
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
France--Aube]]>
Germany--Augsburg]]>
England--Feltwell]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Norway--Oslo]]>
Sweden--Stockholm]]>
Czech Republic--Prague]]>
Italy--Florence]]>
Portugal--Lisbon]]>
Monaco--Monte-Carlo]]>
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]>
Netherlands--Venlo]]>
Netherlands--Amsterdam]]>
France--Paris]]>
France--Lyon]]>
France--Digne]]>
France--Nevers]]>
France--Lille]]>
Norway--Ålesund]]>
France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)]]>
France--Bailleul (Nord)]]>
Belgium--Ieper]]>
Belgium--Mesen]]>
France--Cambrai]]>
France--Somme]]>
France--Arras]]>
France--Lens]]>
France--Calais]]>
Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]>
Netherlands--Vlissingen]]>
France--Brest]]>
France--Lorient]]>
France--La Pallice]]>
Egypt--Suez]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Yemen (Republic)--Aden]]>
Cyprus]]>
Turkey--Gallipoli]]>
Black Sea--Dardanelles Strait]]>
Turkey--İmroz Island]]>
Turkey--İzmir]]>
Greece--Lesbos (Municipality)]]>
Greece--Thasos Island]]>
Greece--Chios (Municipality)]]>
Greece--Thasos]]>
Bulgaria]]>
Turkey--Istanbul]]>
Europe--Macedonia]]>
Greece--Kavala]]>
Kenya--Nairobi]]>
Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]>
Tanzania]]>
Sudan]]>
Eritrea]]>
Ethiopia]]>
Sudan--Kassalā]]>
Eritrea--Asmara]]>
Yemen (Republic)--Perim Island]]>
Ethiopia--Addis Ababa]]>
Sudan--Khartoum]]>
Ghana--Takoradi]]>
Libya--Cyrenaica]]>
Libya--Tobruk]]>
Egypt--Cairo]]>
Iraq]]>
Greece--Crete]]>
Libya--Tripolitania]]>
Tunisia--Mareth Line]]>
Libya--Tripoli]]>
Tunisia--Qaṣrayn]]>
Tunisia--Medenine]]>
Italy--Pantelleria Island]]>
Malta]]>
Italy--Licata]]>
Italy--Brindisi]]>
Italy--Foggia]]>
Italy--Cassino]]>
Italy--Sangro River]]>
Italy--Termoli]]>
Yugoslavia]]>
Croatia--Split]]>
Croatia--Vis Island]]>
Italy--Loreto]]>
Italy--Pescara]]>
Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad]]>
North America--Saint Lawrence River]]>
Newfoundland and Labrador--Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]>
Bahamas]]>
Florida]]>
Italy]]>
Poland]]>
Massachusetts]]>
New York (State)]]>
Algeria]]>
Tunisia]]>
Libya]]>
Egypt]]>
North Africa]]>
Ontario]]>
Québec]]>
Germany]]>
Croatia]]>
Czech Republic]]>
Ghana]]>
Greece]]>
Kenya]]>
Norway]]>
Russia (Federation)]]>
Turkey]]>
Yemen (Republic)]]>
Portugal]]>
Trinidad and Tobago]]>
North America--Niagara Falls]]>
France--Reims]]>
Europe--Frisian Islands]]>
Germany--Monheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
England--Norfolk]]>
England--Suffolk]]>
England--Gloucestershire]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
England--Leicestershire]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]>
Greece--Thessalonikē]]>
Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea)]]>
Libya--Banghāzī]]>
Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]>
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Jersey]]>
Virginia--Hampton Roads (Region)]]>
Chris Johnson]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Tilly Foster]]>
Anne-Marie Watson]]>
Pending revision of OH transcription]]>
eng]]>
Sound]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Suffolk]]>
France]]>
France--Lorient]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Germany--Duisburg]]>
Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
Germany--Kiel]]>
Germany--Peenemünde]]>
Germany--Stuttgart]]>
Poland]]>
Poland--Szczecin]]>
Netherlands]]>
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]>
Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
1939]]>
1940-07-10]]>
1940-08-15]]>
1940-12-25]]>
1941]]>
1942]]>
1943-06-27]]>
1943-08-17]]>
1943-08-23]]>
1943-08-29]]>
1943-09-23]]>
1944]]>
1945-08]]>
1946]]>
1947-05]]>
Bill Lord]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Jan Waller]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Hampshire]]>
England--Andover]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1942-08-03]]>
Bill Lord]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Steve Christian]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Oxfordshire]]>
1943-03-17]]>
Bill Lord]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Steve Christian]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Torquay]]>
England--Devon]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
1943-07-08]]>
Bill Lord]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Steve Christian]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Bournemouth]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Andover]]>
England--Hampshire]]>
Bill Lord]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Jan Waller]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--London]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
W R P Perry]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Babs Nichols]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Nottinghamshire]]>
England--Surrey]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Italy]]>
Italy--Milan]]>
1943-07-14]]>
Photo 2 is Bill in a casual suit sitting on a rowing boat, annotated 'Hove 1936'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Hove]]>
England--Sussex]]>
1936]]>
Photo 1 is annotated ' "Lyne" [sic] Shirley 1936'.
Photo 2 is annotated ' "Sis" Shirley 1937'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1936]]>
1937]]>
Alan Mann]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Memoir]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--London]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1926-11-04]]>
1938]]>
1939]]>
1938-05-20]]>
1938-09-30]]>
1945]]>
1939-09-03]]>
Cutting 2 is a close up of the nose of the airliner with several spectators waving it off. It is captioned 'British Airways inaugurated their daily service from London to Malmo, with a flight to-day from Croydon. The four engined 150 m.p.h. air liner carrying six passengers, leaving.'
Cutting 3 is a drawing of an HP42 airliner of Imperial Airways flying over countryside at night.]]>
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Steve Baldwin]]>
eng]]>
Photograph]]>
Text]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
Sweden]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Sweden--Malmö]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Anne-Marie Watson]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Surrey]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1945-01-10]]>
J F Nolan]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Anne-Marie Watson]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Correspondence]]>
Civilian]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Surrey]]>
England--Croydon]]>
1945-07-23]]>
C Dyer]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Berlin]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
England--Kent]]>
England--Folkestone]]>
England--Lancashire]]>
England--Croydon]]>
England--Durham (County)]]>
England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]>
England--Leicestershire]]>
England--Melton Mowbray]]>
Germany--Ludwigsfelde Region]]>
England--Morecambe]]>
England--Sussex]]>
England--Sussex]]>
1944-01-02]]>
1943-10-15]]>
The RAF ex-POW Association]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
South African Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Birmingham]]>
England--Stafford]]>
England--Croydon]]>
Canada]]>
Ontario--Thunder Bay]]>
Germany--Barth]]>
Ontario--Ottawa]]>
Nova Scotia--Halifax]]>
Italy--Sicily]]>
Gibraltar]]>
Malta]]>
England--Letchworth]]>
Italy]]>
Ontario]]>
Germany]]>
Nova Scotia]]>
England--Herefordshire]]>
England--Staffordshire]]>
England--Warwickshire]]>