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Envelope Addressed to Victor Mendelski's Parents
The envelope in item PMendelskiVR15010001 opened out to reveal Victor's address in Stalag Luft 3.
Envelope addressed to Victor's Parents and a Woman
Two items from an album.
Item 1 is an envelope addressed to Victor's parents. It came from a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
Item 2 is a photograph of a woman seated and wearing a thick coat.
There is a caption 'George Vic Ron Jack Sam Dave Cyril…
Item 1 is an envelope addressed to Victor's parents. It came from a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
Item 2 is a photograph of a woman seated and wearing a thick coat.
There is a caption 'George Vic Ron Jack Sam Dave Cyril…
Letter to Joan Wareing from E Goldthorpe
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Writes that saying they are pleased to hear that Bob is alive although a prisoner of war. They continue with general social news and gossip.
Letter to Joan Wareing from Alice
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She thanks Joan for her letter and gift. She was pleased to hear about Bob. She tells her the latest news and that her boyfriend has been reported missing from Arnhem. Thanks her for photograph and catches up with news of friends, tells of her…
Two newspaper cuttings
Left - messages from Bob Wareing. He was now in Germany and in good health. Mention bailing out, aircraft on fire, after operation to Le Havre. Continues with description of how news of him reached his wife.
Right - Army and RAF pay changes, Table…
Right - Army and RAF pay changes, Table…
Newspaper cutting
Squadron Leader Bob Wareing a prisoner of war. Scunthorpe double DFC baled out from blazing plane. Includes head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing uniform tunic with pilot's brevet. Account of how message got back to his wife and that he was…
Seven newspaper cuttings
1: prisoner in German hospital - news of Robert Wareing passed on by French woman, He was burned on bailing out of his aircraft and was a prisoner in hospital.
2: In German hands - message received over German wireless broadcast that Robert Wareing…
2: In German hands - message received over German wireless broadcast that Robert Wareing…
Prisoner of war mail returned by censor
Mail returned as it referred to an enemy broadcast. The government did not want the enemy to know that anyone listened in England to their broadcasts.
Blank prisoner of war letter form
Pre-printed prisoner of war form addressed to Squadron Leader R Wareing via prisoner of war agency - International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva.
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that they will be having Easter services in the camp church and he will be thinking of her at her service at home. He says that the Padre gives some very interesting lectures and that they had a gramophone for a short while and listened to…
Postcard from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that he is keeping fit but that food is now short, but hopes to make up for that when he gets home.
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that he hopes to be home again during the summer for his recuperation. He says that he has read a book about building a cottage and the others in his room have been house designing. He likes the idea of living in a cottage. He hopes she is…
Postcard from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that he is fit and the weather has been very good. He is thankful that the worst of the winter weather is behind them.
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that the months of waiting are dragging, but to be patient. He mentions that he has been making a few drawings in his Prisoner of War log book and one of his room-mates has given him a painting of the view outside of their window to put in…
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that he has plenty of spare time and he often thinks of their happiness and that he is lucky to have her as his wife. He suggests that, when the war is over, they go for a holiday at Windermere, where they were married. He apologises that…
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He thanks her for her letter and the one from her mother and says that her photograph is his most treasured possession. He is pleased that she is happy again and thanks all of their friends and family for looking after her, and thanks her for dealing…
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He writes that he had a good feed on Christmas day and describes the food he ate. He jokes that the men will have to stay at home whilst the wives go out to work in the future. He tells her of the activities they undertook including horse racing and…
Part of letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
Address page of airgraph from Squadron Leader Robert Wareing, currently a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft 1, to his wife, Joan.
Postcard from Robert Wareing in prisoner of war camp to his wife Joan
He writes that he has recently been reading books on farming and country life and is considering what job he would like to do after the war. He hopes they may be lucky and get to live in the countryside.
Postcard repeating radio message from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
The message is from German radio stating that that Bob is a prisoner of war and she can write to him at Stalag Luft 1 and asks that she give his regards to their parents.
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
He advises that his aircraft was hit by a night fighter but he managed to parachute out. He has several blisters and burns but a French doctor has tended him. He is now a prisoner and his personal effects are in a good place.
He will be in hospital…
He will be in hospital…
Letter from Joan Wareing to her husband Robert Wareing in Stalag Luft 1
She writes that she was relieved to hear of his message over the radio and stating that he is safe and well and recovered from his burns. She has been in touch with the authorities, friends and family and tells him not to worry as all is fine. She…
Letter to Mrs Wareing from F/O C M Walkden
Charles Walkden writes to Mrs Wareing thanking her for her letter and postage stamps. He gives her information on his recovery, about himself and his impending repatriation to his home in Winnipeg and his time in England.
Letter to Mrs Wareing from F/O C M Walkden
Writes giving details of her husband, his evacuation by the Germans as a prisoner and mentions the condition of his burns which were rapidly improving..
Letter to Mrs Wareing from air ministry casualty branch
Writes that her husband is also being reported by the IRCC as captured and that her husband is being reclassified as a prisoner of war.