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  • Collection: Wilson, George

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Letter from George Wilson to his mother enclosing a letter to Irene, and asking her to save it and give it to her should anything happen to him. On the reverse 'PRIVATE'.

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Letter from George Wilson to his wife telling her he has arrived at RAF Elsham Wolds with other people who were late. Discuss details of their recent marriage, asks for certain items of clothing to be sent to him and states he has his wife’s…

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Sergeant George William Wilson praises her qualities, remembers the happy moments they spent together and gives instructions about the upbringing of their children. Urges her to remarry, as ‘you will be still young and beautiful’. Envelope…

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Formal portrait of Sergeant George Wilson in uniform with bomb aimer brevet.

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Text reads 'This above all, to thine own self be true, and then it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell. Wm. Shakespeare (Hamlet).'.

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Group wedding portrait. Sergeant George Wilson is in civilian clothes, there are three women in bridesmaid’s dresses and a younger girl, also dressed as a bridesmaid.

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George Wilson is dressed in a suit and tie. He is standing in a garden with houses in the background. He has his left hand in his pocket. On the reverse '18 FLIGHT, 39 IN [...], C SQUADRON, 6, HALL ROAD, LONDON N.W.8.'

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Certified copy of an entry of marriage on 21 March 1942 between George William Wilson, 23, Batchelor of 181 Heage Road, Ripley and Constance Irene Wright, 21, Spinster of The Croft, Dimple Head, Crich at The Parish Church, Parish of Crich, County of…
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