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Photo 1 is of Eunice standing by a wooden fence, smoking.
Photo 2 is Sergeant Bill Lord sitting on a bunk, smoking.

Photo 1 is three men in shorts wearing turbans and sitting in a bath tub. Two of them have small stringed instruments and the third has a flag on a stick. It is annotated 'The Pilgrim Fathers - Andover 1942'.
Photo 2 has the same three men wearing…

Photo 1 and 3 are the town hall gardens and are annotated 'Croydon Town Hall Gardens 1937 Coronation Illuminations'
Photo 2 is the Town hall, annotated 'Croydon Town Hall Coronation Illuminations'.

Lynne is dressed in black dinner jacket, pants and stockings. She is carrying a cane and is tap dancing on a piece of hardboard.
Photo 1 is annotated ' "Lyne" [sic] Shirley 1936'.
Photo 2 is annotated ' "Sis" Shirley 1937'.

Photo 1 is a lance corporal wearing a beret.
Photo 2 is a woman lying on a stony beach.
Photo 3 is a radio operator surrounded by radio equipment.

Photo 1 is a mother and father with a younger woman. She is wearing a bathing costume and they are sitting on a boulder at a beach.
Photo 2 is the younger woman sitting on a boulder on a beach.

Photo 1 is Lynne leaning on a bird bath. It is annotated ' "sis" Shirley 1936'.
Photo 2 is Bill in a casual suit sitting on a rowing boat, annotated 'Hove 1936'.

Photo 1 is Bill sitting on a child's pedal car with 'L' plates. It is annotated 'Me learning to drive Croydon 1938'.
Photo 2 is Bill sitting on a motorbike annotated 'Croydon 1940'.

Photo 1 is Bill and Eunice standing in a garden. Bill is in trainee's uniform.
Photo 2 is two women in bathing costumes in the sea.
Photo 3 is two women leaning against the wall of a thatched cottage.

A head and shoulders portrait of Eunice.

13 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man has had his name annotated on the image. Pilot Officer Lord is in the centre wearing a greatcoat and gloves.

Photo 1 is seven trainee airmen at Andover.
Photo 2 is three women, two children and a man sunbathing.
Photo 3 is Stan and his bride, Lynne, Bill Lord and a man. They are standing in a garden.
Photo 4 is a father and son.

Photo 1 is Bill and Eunice on a beach.
Photo 2 is three women and a man on a beach.
Photo 3 is a mother, father and daughter sitting on a stony beach.

A head and shoulders portrait of Bill with air gunners brevet. On the reverse -
'3 Gate'
'Uncle Billy'
Gillman and Soame Photographers Oxford'
'4797'
'Subject'.

Three quarter length portrait of Bill Lord in a Sidcot flying suit. On the reverse 'Uncle Billy' and 'Subject'.

13 airmen arranged in two rows. Each man is annotated with his name. On the reverse 'Subject Front Centre'.

A head and shoulders portrait of Bill in white tie. Captioned 'Regent Portraits Ltd. London & Provinces'.

a head and shoulders portrait of Bill Lord in uniform.

A group of 42 airmen arranged in four rows. Bill Lord is second from left, second row from top.

A temporary grave with '137385 F/O WCJ Lord RAF 2.1.44'.
On the reverse 'WCJ Lord 1st Grave Oerbke Stalag IIb'
and 'Plot 10, Row D. Grave No. 4'
'BLA 291'
'412303'

A full length portrait of Bill Lord's sister, Lily.
On the reverse 'Mrs & Mr Bennett from Lily' and a post it with 'WCJ Lords sister Lily'.

A modern colour photograph of Bill Lord's permanent grave stone.

A head and shoulders portrait of Bill Lord's sister Lily. On the reverse 'WCJ Lord's sister Lily' and 'Regent Portraits LU8958-1'

The letter encloses a cheque he forgot to include in a previous letter.

A half length portrait of Bill.