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The Victoria Falls Hotel
A panoramic view of the hotel and grounds. The hotel has two stories under a pitched tile roof. The lower half of the windows have open shutters and there are single storey buildings adjoining with am open colonnade showing doors beyond. There are…
Flying Lancaster
An air-to-air view of a Lancaster. The image is showing the rear of the aircraft.
Swimming at the Victoria Falls Hotel
Two men and two women swimming in the hotel pool. On the reverse 'John in the swimming pool of the Fall Hotel John Harry and the two girls'.
Silver cigarette case
A case inscribed "Presented to PILOT OFFICER ROBERT GEORGE SHARLAND by the inhabitants of Thursley to mark their appreciation of the award of the DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. 14th September 1943."
Robert George Sharland
A portrait photograph of Robert George Sharland standing in front of a hedge. He can be seen wearing a Royal Air Force uniform with an aircrew brevet above his left pocket.
Couples ready for a swim
Two women wearing swimming costumes and two men in trunks by a swimming pool. The pool has a high wall to one side with arched entrances to a curtained area. The other sides are open onto trees. John is standing second right. On the reverse 'The 2…
Robert George Sharland
A portrait photograph Robert George Sharland sitting on a stool in a Royal Air Force uniform.
The swimming pool at the Victoria Falls Hotel
A pool with a high wall to one side and open on another. There are two people in the pool with two women, wearing day dresses, standing to one side and three young men in shorts on the other side. The pool is set in gardens with trees and a lawned…
Robert George Sharland and Beryl Lilian Sharland's wedding
A portrait photograph taken at Robert George Sharland's and Beryl Lilian Sharland's wedding in Elstead Surrey. Robert is wearing a RAF uniform. An air gunner brevet and pathfinder badge can be seen accompanying a Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon on…
The Victoria Falls Hotel
The two storey hotel with a tiled roof, a portico entrance and a balustrade at first floor level. The ground floor windows have shutters and there are palm trees and a pond in the formal front garden at the front.
Collecting Robert Sharland's DFC
Beryl Lilian Sharland, Robert’s widow, and Henry Sharland, Robert’s father, collecting Robert’s DFC from Buckingham Palace in 1946. Beryl holds the DFC.
Robert George Sharland's grave
A headstone for Robert George Sharland. The headstone includes his rank, awards, role, date of death and age. Also inscribed is "FROM THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED BOB. MEMORIES OF HIM ARE EVER NEAR AT REST".
Victoria Falls
Cascades of water falling into a gorge
Robert George Sharland
Robert George Sharland in a suit. He is standing in a garden.
Children in fancy dress
Robert Sharland’s sister Joan, Carnival Queen at 1951 Festival of Britain celebrations in Thursley, Surrey. The boy in the centre of the photo is dressed as a pirate on a bicycle made to look like a ship. A group of people are standing behind them.…
G.R Cottle and Joan Sharland
G.R. Cottle holding Joan Sharland in his arms next to car, with a man and two women sat behind. Another car is behind them. Robert Sharland’s sister Joan, was Carnival Queen at 1951 Festival of Britain celebrations in Thursley, Surrey.
Commemorative cross
A metal cross nailed to a tree in memoriam to the crew of Lancaster ND409. The cross includes the date 28/4/1944, 156 Squadron, and the initials of the crew including Robert George Sharland. It is on private land near Tuttlingen, Bavaria, Germany.
Airman
A head and shoulder portrait of an airman in uniform. On the reverse is some indecipherable handwriting in pencil.
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Servicing wing of 463 and 467 Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force photographed at RAF Waddington in May 1945. Personnel are photographed in front of a Lancaster.
Eight airmen standing below a Lancaster
Eight airmen standing below a Lancaster engine. Ladders can be seen propped against the aircraft in the background.
Airman looking out of a Lancaster cockpit
An airmen looking out of a Lancaster cockpit. A crest with the inscription "RAAF" is seen on the side of the aircraft below the cockpit.
An airman sitting on a Lancaster engine
An airman sitting on a Lancaster engine holding on to the propeller with his left hand. Some engine trestles and a hut can be seen behind him. Boards have been placed in the mud leading to the door of the hut.
Airman leaning against a Lancaster
An airman leaning by the bomb bay doors of a Lancaster.
Airman standing on a ladder by a Lancaster
An Aircrewman standing on a ladder by the bomb bay doors of a Lancaster.
Lancaster on a dispersal
A Lancaster standing on the dispersal. Ladders can be seen resting against the aircraft, with a man standing by the aircraft near the bomb bay doors.