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  • Collection: Redgrave, Henry Cecil

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. He discusses home matters and hopes for more pay when he becomes a Sergeant. The letter is written during his move from Scotland to RAF Warmwell.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie from RAF Warmwell. He discusses their family and money matters and then describes a typical day's training.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie from RAF Bexhill. He writes about training, Christmas leave and that they will be sent to the Isle of Man in January.

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A Christmas card with a sketch of the Sackville Hotel, Bexhill from Harry Redgrave to his wife and daughter.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to Jessie. Harry writes about returning to base, further training and life at the station.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie from his RAF station in Scotland. He writes about the poor weather and its effect on the station and flying, an impending Burns' Night supper and his homework.

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One-page letter from Harry Redgrave to Jessie advising her that he has arrived in Westcliff and describes his billet.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to Jessie on his return to Bexhill. Mentions learning semaphore.

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A letter from Harry Redgrave to Jessie while at RAF Dumfries. He has just taken his examinations and provided he passes will be posted to the No. 17 Operational Training Unit at RAF Upwood. Trying to arrange for them to meet in London.

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Written by Harry Redgrave to Jessie from RAF Upwood. Harry includes about their plans to meet in Peterborough.

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A handwritten list of all the examinations that Harry Redgrave undertook with possible and obtained marks. His final percentage was 84.1% and Order of Merit was 13.

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A registered letter from Harry to his wife. He describes financial arrangements he has put in place.

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Letter from Harry to his wife explaining what he has been doing - guard duty and a maths exam.

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A letter from Harry to his wife discussing his next leave. He is uncertain of train times.

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Harry writes to Jessie telling her of elements of his service life & duties including navigating a Hampden from Finningley to Hendon, and his input to their domestic life.

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The telegram asks Jessie to meet him at Teddington, that night.

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The telegram asks Jessie to come to Boultham, Lincoln.

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A document describing the activities of the Imperial War Graves Commission.

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Imperial War Graves Commission are asking Jessie Redgrave to complete a form requesting additional information regarding Harry Redgrave's headstone.

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A booklet dedicated to the Thiepval Memorial and the missing of the Battle of the Somme. There are photographs of the unveiling of the memorial by the Prince of Wales on August 1st 1932.

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A memoriam card printed on the death of Henry Redgrave's father giving the place of his burial.

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Diary kept by Jessie Redgrave with detailed daily entries on her life.

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A diary kept by Jessie Redgrave during 1939 with detailed daily entries on her life.

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A short letter accompanying a gift from her mother, Milly and Joyce.

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Head and shoulders portrait of a woman. On the reverse 'Laurence Portraits, 330, London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, 12 Mar 1935'.
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