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aerial bombing11
education4
western front (world war (1939-1945))2
airplanes, military1
eastern front (world war (1939-1945))1
evacuation of civilians1
friendship1
landscapes1
military education1
military participation - female1

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Lady Peel1
Lillie, Beatrice Gladys (1894-1989)1

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Booth, Muriel Joyce (née Moores)

c.1939-1945

Typescript recollections of Booth as a schoolgirl, 1939-45. School reports, books, and magazines; evacuation documents; photographs of Booth and her school; Mother's housekeeping record; Photocopies n...

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Buckingham At War

c.1939-1945

15 sets of manuscript and typescript recollections of the Buckingham area during the Second World War, and one account of the Buckingham area during the First World War, gathered by Mrs P Brimson with...

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Croft, Connie R

1915 -1945

Photographic albums of squads and teachers, whom Connie Croft taught. First hand experience of air raids and solidiers who experienced D-Day

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Ellerby, Charles M

Mid-Late 20th Century

2 published recollections 'Hartley Village, 1912-1974: Time to Remember' and 'Time after Time', with reference to Battle of Britain, Air Raids; Evacuation; Agriculture.

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Hayes, Hattie

c.1939-1945

Letters to her and her husband from their children and other relatives and friends, written during and after the War; Various papers, including concert programmes and ration books; Extracts from the d...

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Hudgell, A W David

Mid-Late 20th Century

Typescript recollections, mainly relating to bombing but also Hudgell's experience with planes (diary) (1997); Air raid statistics for Coventry, 1940-1941; Photocopied diary, 1940-41, written in an ol...

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Lynn, Mary

Mid-Late 20th Century

Typescript recollections by Mary Lynn about Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel) and ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association). Recollections include performances for the Army and RAF as part of the N...

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Meyer-Dyhrenfurth, H A (Tony)

c.1939-1945

Album of British newspaper cuttings. Scraps range from 1941 to August 1945. Covers stories of bombings, information from front line of battle and the wartime situation elsewhere such as the bombing of...

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Reynolds, Gordon K

Mid-Late 20th Century

Life story of Gordon Reynolds and his life in Wangford during the Second World War, including a map of air disasters in Wangford, as well as war medals

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Whateley, Joan (née King)

1939 - 1997

Copied entries from Bandon Hill Primary School logbook; Typed transcript of self-made tape-recording (Feb 1997).

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Williams, Florence A

1938 - 1945

Manuscript recollections of the First and Second World Wars; Company identification card; Original letters (1939-1943); Original photographs of Neville Chamberlain returning from Munich.

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