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A pencil drawing, with some inked outlines of a rowing boat on shore. The boat has two sets of rowlocks, a rudder with a painter attached to the bow. There is a wooden balustrade beyond the boat and mountains in the distance. Annotated 'J Saunders…

A pencil drawing of a reclining woman.

A pencil drawing of the head of a statue. In the bottom right corner is a study of the nose and one eye. Annotated 'J.W.G.Saunders'.

A description of travelling in convoy on the Highland Princess with 1,700 other Royal Air Force and British Army personnel. Including details of the onboard conditions, weather, a stopover, gun duty, attending lectures and wildlife sightings.…

Chronological list of John's employments including with Shell International Petroleum, British Petroleum and Hawker Siddeley Dynamics between 1945 and 1972.

A summary of John's career including pre-war employment, war time service and post war period, from 1939 to 1973.

A sketch of a car with a short list of words and with German translations. On the reverse are two addresses including that of Iga, a fellow prisoner of war.

A sketch of a man sat on a wooden chair with turned spindles. He is sat at a table with a tablecloth on which is a cup and saver. The man is wearing a long jacket and trousers with turn ups. Annotated '15/20'.

A reference listing John's achievements in school between 1933 and 1939 and having an excellent character and cheerful disposition.

School reports for Charmain Quitmann from Neil School.

Certificates awarded to Charmian Quitmann for handwriting, typewriting, commercial practice, shorthand, commercial correspondence and intermediate French.

A certificate awarded to Charmian H Quitnann for achieving first class in typing.

With the identification VN-N on its fuselage, a Lancaster with crew members seen in the cockpit. The wings display the type B roundel and the tail has red and blue fin flash markings. It is labeled 'The Lancaster Bomber in Flight'.

Exam results for Charmian Heléne Quitman.

Map of the prisoner of war camp Stalag IVB, noting barrack 14A as being that occupied by John Walter Gifford Saunders. Various individual buildings are named including the kitchen and theatre.

A note written to John whilst he was a prisoner of war. The note is from Christine writing on behalf of a friend, Iga, who is unwell, asking John to write to her.

A group of 49 uniformed men in one seated and three standing rows at No. 1 Air Crew Reception Centre (A.C.R.C.). The central seated figure is wearing corporal stripes with the others wearing white bands on their side caps. The men are arranged…

A street scene with the hotel in the centre of a row of other two storey buildings. Cars, vans and other vehicles are parked along the road and there are designated parking spaces in the middle of the road. A number of vans have "Jerrys" printed on…

A street including the Carlton Hotel and other two storey buildings with a covered terrace at ground level along its length. There is a multi storey building at the far end of the street with cars and other vehicles parked along either side. A single…

A two storey colonnaded building with a double height square clock tower with roman numerals showing the time as 4:38. The area in front of the building is open with trees surrounding.

Five uniformed men sitting on a rock in open scrubland. John is in the centre with an open jacket. On the reverse 'The five of us at Hillside dams'.

Stopped alongside wire and post fencing with two men wearing pith helmets with a third man standing with an ice cream cart. There are buildings in the background behind a line of trees. The engine has a cowcatcher and the number 90 on its front.

A view of a camp with a roundel flag flying from a central flagpole. There are lines of uniformed men on parade between the flagpole and a row of six single storey, grass roofed buildings. There are further scattered single storey buildings with…

Three buildings with pitched roofs and open colonnades. Rope fencing and painted blocks delicate between the roadway and grassed areas in front. Three uniformed men walk toward a hall outside of which is a parked van. On the reverse 'This shows the…

John sat on his camp bed with a fellow serviceman laid on an adjacent bed, both reading. They are in a corrugated barrack with wooden shelves holding tinned boxes, safari pith helmets with uniforms hanging below. Mugs and eating utensils are arranged…