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YThomsonGB1572977v1.pdf
George Thomson’s prisoner of war diary in a wartime log supplied by the YMCA.
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…

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Small brown box with text 'PoW, Shrewsbury, Camp'. For storing matches - German prisoners of war.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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PMaddocksR1901.jpg
Painting of huts and the fence at Stalag IVB. A watch tower and power lines are the other side of the fence and in the distance trees.

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PMaddocksR1902.jpg
Painting of a hut, the warning wire, and fence at Stalag IVB. watch towers and power lines are the other side of the fence and in the distance trees.

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MMaddocksR[Ser#-DoB]-100808-01.jpg
Text provides an explanation of how the paintings were acquired.

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PShattockGF18020035.jpg
Five B-26 Martin Marauders on a grass airfield with buildings and hangars beyond. labelled 'M-38-Visiting ships, showing part of barracks and part of hangars. Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Al.' and 'photo by southeast air corp training center'.

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SBarrJ159928v10015-0001.jpg
A poem and cartoons about a seven man crew.

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SChadwickH1020104v20007.jpg
Seven embroidered items, all but one mounted on cards. There is a post-it stating ' GD died 15.12.77 aged 81 years'.

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PBaileyEH19020003.jpg
A cream coloured model elephant, measuring approximately 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm. A piece of black string is tied around the model so that it could be hung up. Found in the wallet of Sergeant Eric Hargreaves.

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SMaceHA1295485v10012-0001.jpg
Arthur Mace's sketches

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MMaceHA1295485-190314-04.pdf
A log of Arthur's time as a prisoner of war. It contains sketches of daily life, items constructed from tins, poems, list of rations, contents of Red Cross parcels, daily menus, recipes, theatre productions and extracts from letters.

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SMansellEJ132971v10001-0001.jpg
A newspaper cutting with an article about life in prison of war camps.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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SBondS-DidwellNv10023.jpg
Painting of a Wellington coming in to land. Submitted with caption 'Wellington landing by Norman Didwell'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.

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SBondS-BromfieldJv10003.pdf
Includes many of his drawings including train locomotive, Halifax bomber, many caricatures and cartoon as well as abstracts of crew operations. Poem by William Blake. Article on the origination and function of the "food Acco". Note that he was shot…

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MBartlettRW67656-190905-010001.jpg
A cartoon of three men sleeping in a bed. On the reverse is an explanation.

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EMcMahonTCameronAXX1225-010002 2.jpg
Christmas greetings sent by Thomas to his mother. Includes Thomas' service and prisoner numbers, a sketch of a guard tower with fencing in woods and a map of Great Britain. Printed 'A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year' and 'Drawn by K.V.Wood, P.o.W.…

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SBoxDC1578987v20002.pdf
Doug's diary of some of his time in a prisoner of war camp. Main subjects are food, the cold and being fed up. Various entertainments have happened in the camp. A play called 'Keep it Dark' and a lecture 'With the cavalry in India'. He attends church…

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A card made for Doug's birthday whilst in Stalag IVB. It is signed 'From four Kreiges of Stalag IVB'. There is a poem and it is further signed 'Lew, Mac, Bob, Benny'. It contains an Old Gold cigarette wrapper.

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BBrabinHWBrabinHWv1.pdf
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner, receiving his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for trade training. He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and recalls a…

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BWhymarkRJWhymarkJPv1.pdf
A resume of 'Jack' Whymark's family and service career. Includes extracts from Jack’s diaries, details from his logbook and histories of the crew and passengers of Lancaster PA278.

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PButlerR23290004.jpg
A wooden model of a Wellington Bomber that Bob Butler gave to his 10 year old nephew, Dick Heslop. Dick was told that the model had been painted with the genuine paints used to paint aircraft. The letters LN B, indicating 99 squadron, are painted…

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PDuncombeEF21010020.jpg
A model steam boat sails on a brick lined pond watched by 32 men with a hut and trees behind. A model of two masted yacht sails on the pond and a single masted model yacht rests on the surrounding brickwork.

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PDuncombeEF21010019.jpg
A man in shorts sat on a brick surround tending to a model steamship which is afloat. A group of eight men look on.

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PDuncombeEF21010018.jpg
Top, frontal portrait of a man's head.
Bottom left, landscape including trees and huts.
Bottom right, head and shoulder portrait of a airman in an open necked shirt and Royal Air Force jacket.

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PDuncombeEF21010017.jpg
Models of an open topped wheeled carriage and a Lysander aircraft.

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