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  • Temporal Coverage starts with "1949"

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From Air Officer Commanding on his award of the Air Force Cross.

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Photo 1 is an outside view of Bishop Hooper's Lodging.
Photo 2 is Gloucester Cathedral, South Porch.
Photo 3 is the south transept of Gloucester Cathedral.
Photo 4 is the south transept from the west.
Photo 5 are Old Cottages where the First…

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Photo 1 is Carol Thomas, Arthur Thomas' wife, taken in 1948.
Photo 2 is Mr Haytor on Banwell Hill.
Photo 3 is Banwell from the hill.
Photo 4 is Carol holding Paddy, the dog.
Photo 5 is Mr Haytor and Arthur's father with Paddy.
Photo 6 is…

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Eight photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Gwen & Wendy on a beach, captioned 'Gwen & Wendy 1949'
Photo 2 is Peter sitting on a rock on a beach, captioned 'Self Watchet 1947'.
Photo 3 is Gwen in WRNS uniform seated on a bench with a dog.
Photo 4…

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Standard form letter sent to family of deceased servicemen describing the details of the standard headstone and attaching a form to complete for a personal inscription. Also is an illustration of a typical headstone.

There is also a photograph of…

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Commission issued by the Australian Governor General.

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Top left first page - three-quarter length portrait of an airman wearing tunic and side cap. Text notes that he joined Royal Air Force in 1936 as a Halton apprentice armourer. Promoted to flight sergeant at the beginning of the war he began a long…

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Joined Royal Air Force in 1936 as a Halton apprentice armourer. Promoted to flight sergeant at the beginning of the war he began a long association with 57 Squadron then flying Blenheims as part of British Expeditionary Force in France followed by…

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27 men in academic or ceremonial dress arranged in three rows in front of the door of a multi storey stone building. The image is captioned; “St Andrew’s University St Mary’s College Session 1949-50”. Names printed below the photograph,…

Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Log Book
The Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Log Book covering the period 15 June 1941 to the 16 August 1963. Manning qualified first as an Air Gunner on the 4 July 1941 and second as a flight engineer on the 1 September 1941. He was commissioned on the 4…

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Air-to-air view of Anson ZP, VS519, flying over mainly open country. Wing of camera aircraft visible in foreground. Captioned 'Phil over Thornhill 1949'.

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Air-to-air view of five aircraft in loose formation, wing of a sixth visible, flying over land with a river running left to right. On the reverse 'Forming up after take off', '1949 Thornhill'.

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Medical records for Sandy Saunders following the aircraft crash on 27 Sep 1945 where he sustained burns to his face, hands and legs. Included are proceedings from medical boards from Nov 1945-Feb 1947 and detailed notes from the Maxillo-Facial Unit,…

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Issue in Manchester 11 November 1946, updated to Waddington and then Coleby, Lincolnshire.

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Album page with eight photographs. Top right - three graveyard crosses, the centre one for T Sgt F J Hobbs with large memorial and brick wall in background. In the foreground low stones and annotated 'part of aircraft propeller, 1949'. On the reverse…

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Histories of twelve Tiger Moth aircraft flown by Denis Clyde Smith while undergoing ab-initio training at Sywell.

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Six images of daughter Christine with Stephen and Joy Dawson taken in the garden. Captioned '6 months, plus washing, Nov 49'.

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Top - two full length portraits of baby Christine Dawson sitting with curtains inthe…

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Title 'The christening of Christine 2 August 1949'.

Top - Stephen and Joy Dawson standing with baby in mothers arms. Captioned parents'

Middle left - Man standing and woman sitting with baby on lap in garden, Middle left a woman…

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Left page - thank you card and telegram announcing arrival of daughter, Captioned 'Two weeks too soon, 29-5-49'

Right page - two images of Joy Dawson holding baby in back garden and two images of baby lying on seat of deck chair in garden.…

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Top left - Joy Dawson wearing a fur coat sitting alongside a young girl on a pile of logs. Top right - Joy Dawson with a couple and a young girl standing in open landscape. Middle - a couple and a young girl sitting on a pile of logs.…

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Harold Beech in railway worker’s uniform, with peaked cap, standing in front of a level crossing gate at Snelland railway station. On the left is a signal box and behind him, alongside the two rail tracks, is a semaphore railway signal. Harold…

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Account of the investigations of the Air Ministry Casualty Branch on the the fate of those declared missed in action.

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A handwritten & signed birthday wishes thank you note from Winston Churchill,.

‘Thank you so much for your good wishes on my birthday Winston S Churchill November 30 1949’

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A letter to Mrs Wright and Doris with details of Monty's final resting place. He includes some family news.

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An invoice addressed to the Rev WR Hebron, Cottingham and a receipt for the amount on the invoice.
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