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Back cover
Back cover of the scrapbook.
Bomber Command Memorial
Left page:
Top: The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial.
Bottom: A woman sitting in the rear gunner position of a Lancaster.
Top: The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial.
Bottom: A woman sitting in the rear gunner position of a Lancaster.
Amateur swimming club
Left page:
Seven club members. Captioned 'R.Nicol, L.Beaty, V.S. Davies, R.C.. Wells, A.Muir, A.Izatt, J.M. Walker. Winners of Western Counties Water Polo League. Division 3B 1937'.
Right page:
Nine members of the polo team in swimming attire and…
Seven club members. Captioned 'R.Nicol, L.Beaty, V.S. Davies, R.C.. Wells, A.Muir, A.Izatt, J.M. Walker. Winners of Western Counties Water Polo League. Division 3B 1937'.
Right page:
Nine members of the polo team in swimming attire and…
Swimming club
Left page:
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
Right page:
The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
Right page:
The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Letter to Naomi Muir
Left page:
To Andrew's daughter recollecting when she, as an eight year old, unveiled the church war memorial, sharing family news and requesting a photograph of Andrew's grave should she visit it.
Right page:
Top left, an airman standing…
To Andrew's daughter recollecting when she, as an eight year old, unveiled the church war memorial, sharing family news and requesting a photograph of Andrew's grave should she visit it.
Right page:
Top left, an airman standing…
In memory of Andrew Muir, DFC
Left page:
Top, a view of white headstones
Bottom, a temporary cross with ‘115170 S/LDR A MUIR DFC' on the cross bar and below, on the upright, ‘RAF 21-2-44’.
Right page: commemorative and historical information about Andrew and the…
Top, a view of white headstones
Bottom, a temporary cross with ‘115170 S/LDR A MUIR DFC' on the cross bar and below, on the upright, ‘RAF 21-2-44’.
Right page: commemorative and historical information about Andrew and the…
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Left page:
Top, a view of white headstones.
Bottom, a woman next to an inscription on a wall.
Right page:
Top, air-to-air aerial photograph of two Short Stirling aircraft.
Bottom, Squadron Leader Andrew Muir, DFC's 115170 headstone in Rheinberg…
Top, a view of white headstones.
Bottom, a woman next to an inscription on a wall.
Right page:
Top, air-to-air aerial photograph of two Short Stirling aircraft.
Bottom, Squadron Leader Andrew Muir, DFC's 115170 headstone in Rheinberg…
Aircrew trainees
Left page:
42 men in uniform, 39 trainees and three staff, posed in four rows front of a building.
Right page:
Top left, Andrew with a woman and child at the presentation of his Distinguished Flying Cross.
Top right, a report of the awarding of…
42 men in uniform, 39 trainees and three staff, posed in four rows front of a building.
Right page:
Top left, Andrew with a woman and child at the presentation of his Distinguished Flying Cross.
Top right, a report of the awarding of…
Remembered with honour
Left page:
Top, a memorial to Squadron leader Andrew Muir, DFC.
Bottom, the memorial at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Right page:
Top left, stone cross war memorial with white headstones beyond.
Right, rows of white headstones.
Bottom, a view of the…
Top, a memorial to Squadron leader Andrew Muir, DFC.
Bottom, the memorial at Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Right page:
Top left, stone cross war memorial with white headstones beyond.
Right, rows of white headstones.
Bottom, a view of the…
Enthusiastic cadet
Left page:
Top, 34 boys, arranged in four rows with a man standing alongside.
Bottom, recollections of Andrew and his time spent as a cadet and his career in the Royal Air Force.
Right page:
Book of remembrance on a pedestal with a wreath with…
Top, 34 boys, arranged in four rows with a man standing alongside.
Bottom, recollections of Andrew and his time spent as a cadet and his career in the Royal Air Force.
Right page:
Book of remembrance on a pedestal with a wreath with…
Cramond Parish Church
A letter to Andrew's mother expressing sympathy and recalling a story from the flying corps in the First World War.
Family photographs
Left page:
Top left, a young boy in a sailor suit.
Right, a boy wearing a kilt and holding a sword.
Middle row, left, a group of men and women arranged on the steps by an open doorway.
Centre, a young child in coat, hat and boots.
Bottom, three…
Top left, a young boy in a sailor suit.
Right, a boy wearing a kilt and holding a sword.
Middle row, left, a group of men and women arranged on the steps by an open doorway.
Centre, a young child in coat, hat and boots.
Bottom, three…
Buckingham palace
Left page:
The King writing to offer his condolences to Andrew's mother.
Right page:
Commemorating Squadron leader A. Muir, DFC.
The King writing to offer his condolences to Andrew's mother.
Right page:
Commemorating Squadron leader A. Muir, DFC.
Requiem for a Rear Gunner
Left page:A poem written for Sid Fox.Right page:Permanently awarding the The Pathfinder Force Badge to Acting Squadron leader A Muir, DFC.Additional information on Sydney Fox is available via theIBCC Losses Database.
Missing over Germany
Left page:
Top left, reporting on the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Andrew with memoriam notices.
Right, notice of Andrew bring missing.
Bottom, death notices including Andrew.
Right page:
Top left, a report of Andrew's death.…
Top left, reporting on the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Andrew with memoriam notices.
Right, notice of Andrew bring missing.
Bottom, death notices including Andrew.
Right page:
Top left, a report of Andrew's death.…
In uniform
Left page: Top, six airmen standing under the open bomb doors of a Stirling with another man in uniform near the tail. Second row, left, an airman standing with a nurse. Right, five airmen standing behind three balanced on one seat. Third row, left,…
Andrew Muir's award
Left page:
Andrew in uniform and greatcoat flanked by three women in hats and fur jackets, a girl and a man in a suit, hat and overcoat. The group are standing outside Buckingham Palace's ornate metal gates.
Right page:
Andrew's Distinguished…
Andrew in uniform and greatcoat flanked by three women in hats and fur jackets, a girl and a man in a suit, hat and overcoat. The group are standing outside Buckingham Palace's ornate metal gates.
Right page:
Andrew's Distinguished…
In memory of
Left page:
A pocket with paper enclosed.
Right page:
Notes in memory of Squadron Leader Andrew Muir, DFC including his death, family details and final resting place with a memorial reading 'Their Name Liveth For Evermore'.
A pocket with paper enclosed.
Right page:
Notes in memory of Squadron Leader Andrew Muir, DFC including his death, family details and final resting place with a memorial reading 'Their Name Liveth For Evermore'.
Andrew Muir
Scrapbook with Andrew Muir in uniform on the cover.