Browse Items (1400 total)

  • Tags: military living conditions

PGouldS19110027.jpg
Three rows of bell tents in grass field. Radio mast on left and trees in the background.

PGouldS19110010.jpg
Three airmen, two wearing battledress and the third a coverall standing either side of a tall snowman. In the background a hut.

PWhymarkJP23020004.jpg
Top left: A woman wearing a summer dress and jacket sitting on a rock.
Top right: Jack, standing far left with four other airmen in uniform in front of a pyramid.
Bottom left: A grounded Wellington with the covers off the port engine, There are…

PNorthWA23020003.jpg
The bridge over the Richelieu river and the Military barracks, St John's.

PNorthWA23020002.jpg
Two views, a street scene and a cannon, flagpole and barracks in St John's.

YWhymarkJP53481v2.pdf
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…

MBoxDC1578987-180611-57.jpg
A handwritten list of Doug's possessions.

PBoxDC18040020.jpg
#1 is a postcard of three Stirlings, starboard side, in flight.
#2 is a head and shoulder portrait of Doug Box.
#3 is a crowd of prisoners of war in a barracks.

PBoxDC18040015.jpg
#1 is a theatrical performance with 18 performers.
#2 is inside a barracks with many prisoners of war in various uniforms and clothing.
#3 is an outdoor church service with a large group of attendees. Many have a triangle on the backs of their…

PBoxDC18040013.jpg
#1 and 2 are of a radio in a cardboard box.
#3 is a view inside a barrack hut. Men are sitting around tables. Boxes and packages are on shelves along the far wall.

PBoxDC18040011.jpg
#1 is a funeral with a guard of honour.
#2 is a half length portrait of a French man.
#3 is a barracks with many POWs milling about. Washing has been hung to dry outside the hut.

PBoxDC18040010.jpg
#1 is three prisoners of war sunbathing inside the wire fence..
#2 is a march past of German guards, watched by German officers. Huts in the background.
#3 is a garden with flowers inside the camp. A watchtower is on the outside of the fence.

PBoxDC18040009.jpg
#1 is the outside of a barrack block.
#2 is a funeral of a British prisoner of war, the coffin draped with a Union Flag. Ten mourners.
#3 is prisoners of war scavenging amongst tin cans.

PBoxDC18040005.jpg
Two views of prisoners of war queueing for food.
A third image is a photographer taking a photograph beside the fence. A notice with skull and crossbones is hanging from the barbed wire.

PBoxDC18020017.jpg
A cooker using a hand cranked blower made from a Klim powdered milk container to force air to the stove.

PBoxDC18020034.jpg
Two photographs of three airmen standing in front of tents. Doug Box is on the right.

PBoxDC18020004.jpg
Doug lying on grass outside his tent.

PBoxDC18010005.jpg
A large group of men and women seated and standing in front of a Mosquito. Behind are rows of tents.
On the reverse 'Evening News and Hampshire Telegraph'.

PGouldS19020001.jpg
A large group of airmen, mostly wearing tunics and some holding tankards all standing in a mess bar. Two stewards behind bar on the left. Christmas decorations round ceiling.

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…

EBoxDCBoxI-CS421019-0001.jpg
Doug thanks his parents for the parcel. He writes asking about his family. His accomodation has improved now that they are in huts.

EBoxDCBoxI-CS420925-0001.jpg
He has received a parcel from his parents. Weather is bad. Their accomodation is in tents and the weather is getting colder.

EBoxDCBoxI-CS420815-0001.jpg
Tinned kidney for lunch was not popular. Weather is bad. Not much news.

PShepherdGC18010092.jpg
Huts including two Nissen huts in snow. Cleared path bottom left to centre. On the reverse 'view from hut 20 down site'.
Output Formats

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