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Group of men in fancy dress
Group of men on football pitch with goalpost and spectators behind.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: sport
People and Halifax
Top - five men wearing shorts and no shirts standing in line in front of a doorway.
Middle - a pilot wearing tunic with brevet and sergeant rank sitting on a bench feeding pigeons.
Bottom - a Halifax parked on snow covered dispersal with bomb…
Middle - a pilot wearing tunic with brevet and sergeant rank sitting on a bench feeding pigeons.
Bottom - a Halifax parked on snow covered dispersal with bomb…
Tags: aircrew; animal; bomb trolley; dispersal; Halifax; pilot; service vehicle; sport
Marion Clark Biography
Marion's life detailed, from birth, including her days with the RAF.
RAF Halton Apprentices Rugby Team
16 members of a rugby team. Underneath each man is named. Bill is second from the right in the second row. Information supplied with the collection states '1929-30 RAF Halton Rugby'.
Tags: RAF Halton; sport; training
RAF Halton Rugby Team
A rugby team of 15, a pilot officer and a civilian arranged in three rows. Bill is back row, second from right. Information supplied with the collection states '1930 Rugby XV RAF Halton (2nd from right, standing)'.
Tags: RAF Halton; sport; training
Football Match, RAF Singapore
Two views of a football match watched by a group of spectators. On the reverse 'A scene during the game. RAF Singapore July 1946'.
Tags: sport
RAF Tengah Football Team
11 men forming the RAF Tengah football team. On the reverse 'RAF Tengah Team won the match 4-Nil RAF Singapore 1946.'
Tags: sport
Marching Band, Singapore
Two views of a marching band. On the reverse of the first 'Pipe band of Scotch [sic] regiment playing (Seleter) [sic] Malaya Sports Oct: 1946 Singapore'.
On the second 'The band again Malaya Sports Singapore Oct 1946'.
On the second 'The band again Malaya Sports Singapore Oct 1946'.
Tags: entertainment; sport
Sports Day, Singapore
A view over the field being used for the sports day. In the foreground is a table and chairs, then the sporting activities and in the distance hangars. On the reverse 'Malaya Sports. A view of the track Singapore Oct 1946'.
Tags: sport
VC's smile made men brave
A newspaper cutting about Captain Edwin Swales DFC. His aircraft was badly damaged but he ordered his crew to leave and he went down with his aircraft.
Wounded in Normandy
Two soldiers from Melton Mowbray were reported as wounded.
Group of sportsmen
A large group of men wearing shorts and singlets or shirtless sitting and standing in front of a Noorduyn C-64 Norseman with cover on the cockpit.
Tags: sport
Prisoner of war swimming pool
A view across the camp swimming pool with two swimmers in the pool, watched by several others. Huts and a windmill behind. It is captioned 'Het door de krigsgevangenen tot zwembadomgebouwde brandwater reservoir' translated as 'The fire fighting water…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Camp Swimming Pool Maintenance
Large numbers of prisoners clearing out the swimming pool at the camp. It is captioned 'Het jaarlijkse uitdiepen van het "zwembad" translated as 'The annual deepening of the "swimming pool". '
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Camp Ice Skating
Ice skating on the frozen swimming pool. It is captioned 'Wintersport in M-Stalag IVB'.
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Camp Football Match
A football match watched by a very large number of prisoners. It is captioned 'De appelplaats als voetbalveld met interland aspiraties' and translated as 'The parade ground as a football field with international aspirations'.
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
6002 S/E win the cup
Eight individuals in the foreground, one holding a small cup, five of them in swimming trunks. Other individuals and water in the background. Caption '6002 S/E win the cup'.
Tags: sport
German War Over
A newspaper with details of the end of the war with Germany.
Operation Plainfair
Top - explanatory note that this was more commonly known as the Berlin Air Lift. Gives some details of operation.
Below - extract from Ned Sparkes log book from 16 July 1949 to 27 July 1949 listing 21 sorties on Hastings from Dishforth to Lyneham to…
Below - extract from Ned Sparkes log book from 16 July 1949 to 27 July 1949 listing 21 sorties on Hastings from Dishforth to Lyneham to…
Tags: 297 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lyneham; sport