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SLambertBrownP19330417v10007.pdf
A list detailing the different types of vessels that were docked at Malta between September 1939 and May 1945. Classes of ship are listed with the number of each vessel that was docked. Ships also refitted at the docks are recorded, by name and how…

SLambertBrownP19330417v10008.pdf
Work completed, manufactured, erected or repaired items with the quantity of each listed item. Includes the reproduction in bronze of a citation of the president of the USA and H.M. The King’s letter awarding the George Cross to be mounted on the…

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PThompsonKG15010057.jpg
Front page of military newsheet, Series 10 Issue 1. Two cents. Covering world wide military activity. Leading articles cover advances by the allied forces in North Africa and Russian successes in the East. Shorter reports on attacks on the Japanese…

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PBarrettR17020008.jpg
Formal squadron photograph, many servicemen posed in front of two Spitfires in a blast pen. Reverse captioned '242 Squadron Malta, June 1943, at Ta-Kali F/O Lindsay, F/O Chambers N2, S/l Boddington, Fl/Lt Dundas, F/O Grover Engineering Officer'.

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PSparkesW17010059.jpg
Squadron photograph of a large group of airman in khaki uniform sitting and standing in two rows on an airfield with a Vulcan parked in the background. Captioned 'No 617 Squadron detachment Luqa Malta 1977'.

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YDorricottAArmy2465v.pdf
A handwritten notebook containing the war diary of A Dorricott from October 1914. He embarks the SS Deseado at Southampton and sails through the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar to Malta. They continued with naval escorts to Port Said, through the Suez…

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PDoxseyJA18010048.jpg
Top left - front quarter view of a York parked on hardstanding. Captioned 'Our York at Almaza, Cairo'.
Top right - view down onto the entrance of a hotel with driveway surrounded by palm trees. Captioned 'Heliopolis Palace hotel, Cairo Feb…

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PRidingRH21050062.jpg
Eight photographs from an album.
#1 is three airmen in khaki sitting on the tail of a Hudson.
#2 is two airmen leaning on a wall in the hills.
#3 is seven airmen in khaki leaning and sitting on the tail of a Hudson.
#4 is six children in a row…

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PStewartEC17110032.jpg
A WAAF in a horse drawn carriage, in front of ruins. On the reverse 'Malta. Your mum - in a Gharry RAF Malta 1944/5 en-route from HQ Air Command, Singapore to UK.' and, in pencil 'Mum in Malta Mum RAF Malta 1944'.

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SLambertBrownP19330417v10003.pdf
When Italy entered the war in 1940, air raids were conducted over key military targets and peaked during the first half of 1942. Attacks ceased altogether by 1943 once Italy had surrendered. The various dockyards maintained efforts to keep ships in…

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SLambertBrownP19330417v10004.jpg
A report comparing the number of workers in Malta’s dockyard in September 1939 to V.E. day.

SLambertBrownP19330417v10005.jpg
A small table showing the type and number of vessels that were made from supplied parts in Malta.

SLambertBrownP19330417v10006.pdf
List of 68 vessels that were docked in Malta’s yards for repairs from September 1939: Chenonceaux, Franconia, Garland, Keppel, S.S Cornwall, Imperial, Decoy, Hotspur, Havock, Andromeda, Illustrious, Coral, Beryl, Essex, Ploughboy, Encounter,…

SLambertBrownP19330417v10007-0005.pdf
A list detailing items intended for use by the armed forces manufactured in the dockyards of Malta. The list also details the number of each individual article manufactured since June 1940.

SLambertBrownP19330417v10001.jpg
Letter written by a manger an engineering department, detailing the work done by the department sent to the Commodore Superintendent.

SLambertBrownP19330417v10009.pdf
Each page documents a table of attacks on the docks of Malta. The air raids detailed in the table record the raid number, number of casualties, damage (both place and extent) and damage to ships and equipment.

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SLambertBrownP19330417v10010.pdf
Report containing the damage to the docks and ships in Malta. Provides updates on the repairs and subsequent hits of both the ships and the docks.

SLambertBrownP19330417v10011.pdf
A two-page report listing various classes of ship and the damage each vessel received.

BMilesRJMilesRJv1.pdf
A detailed Biography of Reg' service and post service life.

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PBennettHW1702.jpg
A seaplane at Kalafrana Base, Malta.

SSmithRW425992v10004-0002 copy.pdf
Describes his service after completing his tour and the journey back to Australia.

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S102SqnRAF19170809v10001-0001.jpg
Lists of Ceylonese in three batches and miscellaneous arrivals who volunteered for and joined the RAF with some details of their service. Includes b/w photograph of Sergeant Rex De Silva in 1943.

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PFordTA17110063.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is the outside of the front of the church.
Photo 2 is the inside which has been badly damaged.
Photo 3 is a postcard with a view across stone walled terraces to the church.
The photos are captioned 'R.C.…

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PRidingRH21050066.jpg
Nine photographs from an album.
#1 is Portes des Bombes, Floriana.
#2 is Kings Gate, Valletta. Several pedestrians are walking about.
#3 is an unclear view.
#4 is an airman sitting on a wall.
#5 is a view along a road with traffic in the…

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BMooreDMooreDv1.pdf
Dennis Moore's autobiography, compiled and edited by his son, Terry Moore.

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