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Sends congratulations to her husband for his recent honour. Mentions listening to Roy Chadwick's broadcast. Asks after family. States they stayed in London for Blitz but sent children up north for a few months. Enquires after other acquaintances.

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Jack Harris was born in Gillingham, Kent. At sixteen, he undertook employment as a clerk in the intelligence department of the Air Ministry. He describes the brief evacuation of his department to Harrow in 1939 and receiving permission to leave his…

A letter written by George to his family. This is a farewell letter to his next of kin. He includes the addresses of four of his crew.

A biography of Maurice covering his birth in 1921 to his death in February 1944.

The letter advises that Maurice is now considered killed in combat.

The letter asks if his mother has entered his news in the Observer.
In a second copy a caption 'This was the last letter Maurice wrote to his mother and was received the day after Maurice's death. RIP'.

An intermittent record of Maurice's year. It starts with some time in the UK then he travels to Perth then the US for pilot training.

Maurice's birth certificate.

Copy of record of birth.

Copy of James Burnside birth certificate.

Copy of James Gordon Bennet's birth certificate