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Title
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Boldy, DA
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My darling Daddy.
Thank you for your letter. I am quite allright [sic] now, the doctor syringed my ear, and I do something to my nose everyday [sic], and clean it, now I have no more ear trouble. We had the Fives competition yesterday, Clive came 1st with 13 points, Havelock 2nd with 10 points, Hastings 3.rd with 4 points, & Lawrence 4.th with 3 points. I am in the 2nd XI of my house, we played Hastings and won 12-0, I shot 8 goals, and we played Lawrence and [deleted] w [/deleted] won 4-1. My house 1st XI played Lawrence and won 5-2. There are only 13 days left to come home. The school Instructor is going away on Friday. I am ending now with lots of love and Kisses from your loving son [underlined] David. [/underlined]
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Description
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling.
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David Boldy
Date
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1932-11-13
Format
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One page handwritten letter
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eng
Type
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EBoldyDABoldyAD321113
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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India
India--Darjeeling
Temporal Coverage
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1932-11
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Title
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Margaret Carr
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Title
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Boldy, DA
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My darling Mummy.
Thank you for your letter. I am quite allright [sic] again and am getting quite fit again. I am trying hard Mummy. We had the Times competition [deleted] or [/deleted] yesterday, Clive Stevies house came 1 [underlined] st [/underlined] with 13 points, Havelock my house came 2 [underlined] nd [/underlined] with 10 points Hastings 3 [underlined] rd [/underlined] with 4 [deleted] m [/deleted] points, ad Lawrence 4 [underlined] th [/underlined] with 3 points. The hockey house matches have begun. I am vise [sic] Captain of the 2 [underlined] nd XI [/underlined]. My house 2 [underlined] nd XI [/underlined] played Hastings and gave them 12-0. I shot 8 goals, My house played Lawrence 2 [underlined] nd XI[/underlined] and beat them 4-1. I shot 2 goals. My 1 [underlined] st XI [/underlined] played against Lawrence 1 [underlined] st XI [/underlined] and at half time they were winning 2-0, and at the end my house won 5-2. So we should win the hockey cup. There are only 13 days left.
[page break]
I have got 5 more pictures for you and will send you some more as soon as possible. The school Instructer[sic] is going to England on Friday. I am ending now with lots
of love and kisses
from your
loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]
[inserted] David
1932.33. [/inserted]
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Description
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Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to different house points and where they came. He also writes about the house hockey matches and the final scores.
Creator
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David Boldy
Date
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1932-11-13
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Identifier
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EBoldyDABoldyLM321113
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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India
India--Darjeeling
Temporal Coverage
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1932-11
Contributor
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Anita Raine
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Title
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Letter from David Boldy to his mother
sport
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Title
A name given to the resource
Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Boldy, DA
Transcribed document
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St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
November 1932.
Form III Name Boldy D. A.
Average age of class 13 years. 11 mths. Age 14 years 2 mths
Number of Boys in Form Eleven Position in Form [underlined] Sixth.[/underlined]
N.B. :- The reports on ordinary School Subjects are sent out monthly.
[underlined] FORM REPORT [/underlined]
Handwriting Good.
Spelling Good.
Ability Good.
Industry Fair.
Conduct Fair.
General Impression Fair: much of his work is marred by carelessness. A little casual in his behaviour and occasionally shows signs of a nasty temper, such as often goes with a generally cheerful and pleasant character. [signature]
Dormitory Master’s Report Playful & cheery; never gives any trouble. [signature]
Report on Health Good [signature] [signature]
Games Hockey:- Quite good; must learn to take his eyes off the ball while moving down the field with it. [signature]
Gymnastics Good, yet plays the fool too much to improve any more. [signature]
Boy Scouts A very good scout; most helpful at the camp. [signature]
Music Slightly improved but could do still better if he really tried. [signature]
[underlined] Rector’s Remarks [/underlined] Very much improved.
[signature]
Rector
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Description
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Supplementary report for David Boldy at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling
Date
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1932-11
Format
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One form
Language
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eng
Type
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Text. Correspondence
Text
Identifier
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MBoldyDA923995-151130-017
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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India
India--Darjeeling
Temporal Coverage
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1932-11
Creator
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St. Paul's school (Darjeeling)
Title
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Supplementary report for David Boldy
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Contributor
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Andy Hamilton