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A couple hold hands outside a building. He is wearing civilian clothes and she wears a full length coat and hat and holds a horseshoe decoration. They are accompanied by a man in Royal Air Force uniform and two other men in civilian clothes. There…

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Ken stands with his bride at the church entrance. He is in uniform and wears warrant offer badge on his sleeve. Accompanying the couple are best man Tom Amy, a rear gunner on Halifax bombers, four women in skirts and jackets and three men in suits…

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Peter Sewerin remembers his father Stanislaw Sewerin. He escaped from Poland and fought in North Africa before transferring to the RAF and training as a pilot. He flew operations as a pilot with 300 Squadron. After the war, he flew as a pilot in…

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Victor is standing second left, flanked by two men, all wearing suits. A woman standing far right is wearing a long dress with her hands in a muff. In front three women are sitting. On the right one is in a long dress with a muff, centre is the bride…

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Order of service for the wedding of Margaret Ann Ford and James Douglas Crew.

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Decorated with ribbons, two cars, registration numbers EAL 3 and GTO 90, parked outside the entrance to a churchyard. Both cars have AA and RAC badges.

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Groom in uniform, holding his cap and gloves in his right hand, standing arm in arm with his wife in her wedding dress outside a church. The bride is holding a bouquet of red and pink flowers. The groom has an observer's brevet and medal ribbons on…

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Eva Akenhead and an admirer in civilian clothing standing in a garden.
Captioned 'Eva Akenhead and unknown admirer 1.'

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Head and shoulder portrait of Jim with his engineer's brevet and sergeant stripes. Captioned 'To Jackie from Jim'.

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Jim hopes that his father is keeping the German prisoners of war busy. He mentions operations to Dulmen, Starkrade and Osnabrück, the weather and how much he looks forward to going on leave and his relationship with Maisie.

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Newspaper cutting with b/w photograph of wedding party for marriage of Harold Bratley to Miss Sally Borman.

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Wedding photograph of bride and groom standing outside St Peter’s church, Wickham road, Brockley. Groom wearing civilian clothing.

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A greetings telegram sent to Mr and Mrs RE Sharlut on their wedding, from Józef Staniewski. The envelope has calculations scribbled on it.

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Tommie and Phillis sat on a sofa with their hands clasped together.

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Tommie and Phyllis on their wedding anniversary. Tommie is sat in an armchair and Phyllis is sat on the arm. Cards and a vase of flowers are on the television set next to them.

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Denys Sinclair in uniform and his bride in a white dress holding a bouquet are standing in between their parents. Bagpiper airmen and a pilot are behind them.
On the reverse 'Denys and Nancy (Street) Sinclair Far Rt Sir Arthur Street.'

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Top. Jack, in uniform, standing outside the doorway of the Parish Church of Chadwell Saint Mary with his bride Eileen, in wedding dress, holding a bouquet of flowers. A bridesmaid stands in the foreground with three male and one female guest standing…

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Groom wearing tunic with flight lieutenant rank and pilot's brevet and bride wearing white wedding dress. Two bridesmaids in white and two other officers wearing tunic with brevet. In the background a crowd in doorway.

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Covering the period 7 April 1941 to 19 November 1941 when Jack was serving in the Middle East and North Africa. He describes his last night with his wife Eileen, preparations for the transfer, time spent in camp, sightseeing, films watched, receiving…

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Jack and Eileen lying on the grass beside a river. Jack is bare chested and the Eileen is wearing a sundress over bare legs. There is a bridge over the river with an industrial mill with tall chimney and a house alongside. On the reverse 'Last photo…

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Jack in uniform and greatcoat standing outside single storey corrugated buildings. Annotated 'August 1936' and on the reverse 'With love as always Jack' and 'August 1936'.

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A transcription of the letter Jack wrote to his wife Eileen, in the event of him being reported missing.

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Letter written by Jack to be sent to his wife Eileen in the event if is death. In it Jack expresses his love and pride for Eileen and his son Robert.
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