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Young Indian man standing in an open area. There are two storey brick buildings beyond with brick colonnade surrounding with chimneys.

A newsletter published by the Women's Voluntary Service, Simla

Eulogy concerning unveiling of the Runnymede memorial and those who died with no known grave. Also acknowledges the Kohima memorial. Goes on with brief explanation of RAF role in the war.

Navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book for W H Cooke, air gunner, covering the period from 3 November 1943 to 15 June 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Bishops Court, RAF Upper Heyford,…

William Barfoot wearing singlet and shorts crosses the finish line. Captioned 'School sports at Lovedale: P.W.Barfoot winning the quarter mile race. He set up a new record for the Lawrence Memorial School', '(1935)'. This item was sent to the IBCC…

A roadway bordered by linked, low white fence posts with a utility post within. There is a sign saying 'NO ENTRANCE'. In the background there is a long wall with a crenellated structure along it. Beyond the wall is a white mosque with domes and two…

Wharf with crane in centre and building behind. Building has sign 'Welcome to India but mum's the word'. Captioned 'Wharf at Bombay'.

Covers the period 1 April 1947 to 16 September 1952.

Weekly examination report for David Boldy at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling.

Top left: Women carrying baskets on their heads.
Top right: Big Masjidh from Harewood Rd, Ooty.
Centre left: Edge of town in the Aravankad / Wellington with terrace hillside beyond.
Bottom left: Wellington Cantonment, Coonoor.

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View of a town through trees, taken across water. Annotated on the reverse; ‘Tank Ulsoor, Bangalore’.

A shoreline with jetties with a mast beyond taken from a ship. Two men in uniform onboard with other men looking at the shore from the port deck.

The brick built historic railway station in Mumbai, now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, with a statue of Indian politician and lawyer Sir Pherozeshah Mehta to one side.

Top right: Ulsoor Lake (Halsur Tank), Bangalore.
Centre: Cinema. On reverse: 'Plaza talkies South Parade Rd'.
Centre right: Passenger train on single track in lush vegetation.
Bottom left: Maharajah 'Krishnaraja wodeyar' Memorial in…

Low flat roofed brick building with a colonnade. Another building with a low pitched roof with chimneys and a veranda around. Further buildings, trees, utility poles and a pedestrian.

Two young men wearing jacket and tie standing in front of a tree. The man on the left holds a book. Reported as two of Cheshire's friends at Oxford. On left is Thomas Peter Kingsland Higgs, known as Peter, who served with 111 squadron Fighter Command…

Four items on an album page.
Item 1 is a sketch map of the route from UK via Malta and Aden to Ceylon.
Item 2 is One rupee note issued by the Government of Ceylon.
Item 3 is a low level aerial photograph of Minicoy Island.
Item 4 is a photograph…

One older and one younger man are standing on a roadway in front of a long, low, flat roofed brick built colonnaded building with chimneys. Between the men is an urn with a carrying handle at the top a tap low down. The young man in carrying a…

Albert Frederick Nye (left) and another serviceman both in uniform, holding glasses and drinking at a bar in a building with corrugated iron walls. Annotated on the reverse 'A F Nye (left)'.

Two men wearing swimming trunks sat on the wall of a a veranda surrounding a whitewashed building surrounded by sand. Both men have their arms crossed and are wearing watches.

Albert Frederick Nye (right) smoking a pipe, alongside another man in the countryside. Annotated on the reverse 'A F Nye (on right)'.

Two domed structures in a flat desert landscape. One structure is elevated on pillars with a void below.

First article: Mr Ghandi and Congress Leaders arrested, swift government reply to challenge, safety of India first needed, several killed in Bombay riot. Second article: 3 landings in Solomons, U.S. Marines now consolidating, bitter naval fighting.…

Article 1. Headlines: the viceroy's term, Lord Linlithgow caries on, another six months, a record period. Concerns Lord Linlithgow remaining viceroy to India. Article 2. Headlines: Darlan a danger to allies, general Catroux's attack, non…

Top left - front quarter view of a York parked on hardstanding. Captioned 'Our York at Negombo, Colombo, Ceylon Oct 45'.
Top right - view from air of coastline. Captioned 'Coast near Casablanca, Morocco, July 1945'.
Centre - Three airmen in front…