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Total number of records: 363

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Books and printed items349
Archives14

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SubjectCount
world war, 1939-1945363
world war, 1914-191843
leaflets dropped from aircraft8
soldiers7
air bases6
propaganda, british6
jewish soldiers5
jews5
arnhem, battle of, arnhem, netherlands, 19444
naval convoys4

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Great Britain13
Normandy (France)8
United States7
Germany5
Poland5
France3
Australia2
Channel Islands2
Lincolnshire (England)2
Manila (Philippines)2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain28
Great Britain. Ministry of Information17
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)15
Auckland, R G (1920-)12
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)11
Great Britain. Royal Air Force10
Imperial War Museum9
Great Britain. War Office8
Liddell Hart, Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)8
Saunders, Tim (1956-)8

Count of Earliest date

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From 18002
From 1900324
From 200016

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1999280
Up to latest62

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BOWES, DOROTHY (NÉE FEARNLEY)

1914-1918, 1939-1945

Manuscript notes relating to the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) (nd); Press cutting 'Stranded Soldier's at Shipley Station' (nd); Manuscript letter from Princess Victoria, written on her beh...

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Doman, Kathleen May 'Rosie'

Doman, Kathleen May (1895-1988)

1900-1991

The first accrual consists of: 1) Miscellaneous cuttings and leaflets relating to cookery many from 'The Bystander' (22 Dec 1900, 9 Mar 1901, 18 Dec 1917-14 May 1919, 16 Apr 1921, 12 Aug 1930, nd);...

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DUCHENNE, I VIVIENNE

1904-1918, 1939-1945

Typescript notes relating to CEE Duchenne (husband) during the First and Second World Wars (nd); Manuscript recollections of the First and Second World Wars (1 May 1997, nd); 3 diaries (1939, 1940, 19...

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GIBSON, MARGARET ANNABELLA CAMPBELL

1917-1920

Press cutting from 'The Times' reporting the death of Florence Nightingale (15 Aug 1910); Photograph and scrap album (1917-1919); 2 photographs (nd); Ration book (20 Oct 1918); Manuscript notes and ve...

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GREEN, ADA

1914-1922, 1939-1954

Wallet containing certificate of employment and anti-gas instructions (nd); Postcard from F Green (son), a POW (Prisoner of War) at Dülmen in in Germany (6 Jan 1918); Soldier's Service and Pay Book (...

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NEW, GLADYS D

1915-1918, 1938-1952

Photograph album (July 1915-June 1918); 21 picture postcards (nd); 40 photographs (1915-1918, nd); Manuscript recollections 'Flax Picking' (nd); 4 manuscript letters and one postcard from friends in G...

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DUCHENNE, CHARLES EMILE EUGENE

1914-1918; 1939-1945

2 photographs (nd); Photocopied certificate 'Ordre du Regiment' (Oct 1915); Photocopied letter relating to the Médaille Militaire (July 1916); Typescript recollections of I Duchenne relating to her h...

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BRUET, YVONNE GUIBERT DE (NÉE MANDEFIELD)

1914-1945

Photocopied family letters (nd); Photocopied 'Citation à l'Ordre de la Brigade' relating to Harold Mandefield (nd); Photocopied letter with recollections to Mrs Rawson (Aug 1998); Photocopied letters...

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THORP, TOM BADEN

1919-1944

3 photographs, with negatives (1919, nd); Small cut-out of 2 soldiers from a larger photograph; Protection and identity certificate (Nov 1919); Certificate of Transfer to Reserve (Dec 1919); Home Guar...

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LUBINSKI, KAROL

1890-1945

Typescript recollections of the First and Second World Wars (c 1967).

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OELSNER, WILLY G

1813, 1915-1918, 1941

2 medals (1813, 1914-1918); Training manual (1915); 5 photographs (1916-c 1918); Sketch in pen and ink of aerial view (nd); Press cutting relating to his release from internment during the Second Worl...

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