Browse Items (1240 total)

  • Tags: military living conditions

MPowellNI1896919-191029-34.jpg
Airmen's Mess menu for Christmas day 1943.

PMcDermottC16050002.jpg
A tented camp with an aircraft overflying. Three men are in the near distance.

PMcDermottC16050007.jpg
A row of tents with airmen asleep in chairs. In between the tents they have cut a drainage channel.

PBaxterPD16020003.jpg
From information provided by the donor. Eight photographs of R.A.F. Cosford when Peter was under training there.
The first is of two apprentices sitting on a raised bank, captioned 'Armourer Brown and armourer Smith'.
Second is of a vehicle…

PFieldPL19050015.jpg
Top left - view across grass of two large buildings surrounded by trees.
Top right - view along road with cars. Large building on the left with tower.
Bottom left - view across road junction of two large buildings in the distance.
Bottom right -…

PCavalierRG17010057.jpg
Photograph 1 is of a house in a wood, captioned '137 Wing S.H.Q. Photographic Section Billet.'
Photograph 2 to 5 are of trailers in the woods, captioned '137 Wing, Photographic Units.'
Photograph 6 is a three quarters portrait of Reginald George…

PBaxterPD16020001.jpg
From information provided by the donor. Three photographs of Peter Baxter's time at RAF Halton.
First is of the three story brick accommodation blocks arranged around a square with some apprentices running, caption '10 times round the square'.
The…

PCavalierRG17010044.jpg
Photographs 1 is of three airmen and a dog sitting on the ground. Reginald George Cavalier is on the left. Captioned: 'Chalky White, Les Seymour.'

Photograph 2 is of five airmen sitting on the grass in front of a barbed wire fence. Captioned:…

PSaundersJWG18020009.jpg
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…

PColeFIG18010036.jpg
Airmen's billets at RAF Kandy. The buildings are built into a hillside surrounded by palm trees. On the reverse 'Scene of our billets from the main road. Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

PColeFIG18010176.jpg
Two views of the camp from above. On the reverse of the first 'A view of a part of the camp. Kandy Ceylon May 1946.'
On the reverse of the second 'Overlooking the camp at RAF Kandy Ceylon May 1946'.

PShipmanJ18010035.jpg
Nine photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is seven men, captioned 'Gang at R&I Mauripur'.
Photo 2 five men, a camel and a boy, captioned 'At Hawks Bay'.
Photo 3 is three airmen in khaki uniform and broad brimmed hats, captioned 'Off to town.…

PShipmanJ18010036.jpg
Seven photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is two men in uniform sitting on the grass.
Photo 2 is a lorry filled with airmen, captioned 'Dinner time at R&I'.
Photo 3 and 6 are two men and a woman at a table, captioned 'Opening of Contact Club…

SRookeFC1807892v20001-0063.jpg
A general view over Shallufa with a barracks building with four radio masts in the background. On the reverse 'Shallufa '46'.

PCavalierRG17010047.jpg
Photograph 1 is of a group of four airmen standing in front of a 6' high post and wire fence in heavy frost. They are wearing battledress and are armed. Reginald George Cavalier is second from the right. Captioned 'Dec 24th 1944 Jock Sadler, Chalky…

MTerryD938465-170619-010001.jpg
A permit allowing the bearer to have meals in the Airmen's Mess.

MCattyMA164193-180822-080001.jpg
A menu for Christmas dinner held in the Officers' Mess signed by some of the participants.

PJonesWC18020023.jpg
RAF Westcott Sergeant's Mess Rules and Subscription Card.
Item 2 is a photo of four airmen sitting on a Wellington wing with a fifth leaning on a wheel, captioned 'On "Wimpys" at OTU'.
Item 3 is a photo of six airmen standing at the nose of a…

PWellsRG17010018.jpg
Photo 1 is of three airmen seated with an Alsatian, annotated 'Off duty at the mess'.
Photo 2 is three airmen sitting, annotated 'On the launch with Bill & Tich'.
Photo 3 is five airmen in the mess, annotated 'Shooting lines in the Mess!'.
Photo 4…

PThompsonKG15010023.jpg
Ten photographs, one of Anson in flight captioned 'Avro Anson Mk1'.
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…

PGreenAW16030004.jpg
A training camp in Canada. In the foreground are three cars and in the background three large huts.

PHarrisonRW21040028.jpg
Shows Reg standing outside a wooden building next to a sign stating 'All bicycles to be placed on the racks provided'.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Harrison standing outside the Flight Room of 431 Squadron. The bicycle was the…

MWilsonRC1389401-170113-07.pdf
A notebook to be used for recording wartime activities. It contains an account of Reg's bale out, capture and time in Dulag Luft, Stalag 4B and Offlag 7B.Reg records his operational experiences the day he baled out. His captors were friendly but the…

PSaundersJWG18020016.jpg
John, reading wearing long wooden socks, shorts and shirt with rolled up sleeves. His head is resting on a pillow top of folded blankets above which is hanging a metal mess tin. Other camp beds are arranged along the corrugated wall with uniforms…

PCothliffKB15040058.jpg
Airmen resting in the mess. A large open fire is heating the room. On the wall is a hunting scene.
Output Formats

atom, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2