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Letter to Mrs Bailey dated 17 May 1945 responding to a letter regarding an enquiry about her husband, Thomas Bailey.

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Lt Col HM Fletcher planting a memorial tree for L/CPl Wilson and Ptes MacAulay and Marshall, 30 November 1989.

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L/Cpl Andrews, 3 PARA, lays a wreath at Rathfriland for L/Cpl Wilson & Ptes MacAulay and Marshall, 30 Nov 1989.

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Letter to Mrs Bailey regarding the personal effects of her husband, Thomas Bailey, dated 23 May 1945.

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Lt Ritchie's ID Card, Oflag IX/AH Spangenberg, 1945.

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Lt-Col Ken Mead decribes the preparations for D-Day

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Lt-Col Ken Mead describes the load a Horsa Glider could carry

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Lt-Col Ken Mead decribes the glider take-off for D-Day

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Lt-Col Paul Crook describes moving out to Cyprus in reaction to the Jordan crisis

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Letter of condolence from the King, to Mrs McCombe, 1944.

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Lt J L Williams & Rev R Talbot-Watkins at Buckingham Palace receiving their awards. Dec 1945.

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Lt Frederick Norton, date unknown.

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Lance Corporal Quince, with possible members of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron.

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L/Cpl Charles L Ellsworth

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Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

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Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

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Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

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Lt King ready to parachute at Grantham 1987.

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Lance Corporals Doug Ware and Adron Goddard, 144 AMS, Lyneham circa 1990

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Loading Swingire Missiles onto Ferret Mk 5

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Lt Col Poraj-Wilczynski, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2002.

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Letter from Lt Douglass to his parents, 5 October 1944.

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Letter from Lt Douglass to his parents, describing his Christmas Cake, 20 December 1944.

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Letter from Harry Cast to his sweetheart Joan Godfrey, January 1944.

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Letter to the parents of Lt Douglass from Major General Urquhart, 7 October 1944.

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Letter from Deryk Venables to Doug Russell, 2002.

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Letter to Miss Jones about her brother, A/Sgt William Jones, 1944.

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Letter to Mrs Meadows notifying her that Pte Meadows was posted as Missing in Action, 25 Sept 1944.

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L/Cpl Bixby's Movement Order for Port Siad Transit Camp, Palestine, 30 June 1947.

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L/Cpl Bixby, Corps of Military Police 'Establishment of Identity Card' dated 1946.

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Letter to Lance Sergeant Lewis' father, informing him of his presumed death, 22 February 1946.

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Letter to Lance Sergeant Lewis' father informing him of the circumstances of his sons death, 18 February 1946.

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Looking in the direction of camp. Wales, date unknown.

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Letter regarding Sgt Evans' death.

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Loading up an Arab Dhow with beer for a Sunday fishing trip. Persian Gulf.

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Letter to Mrs Bailey dated 17 May 1945 responding to a letter regarding an enquiry about her husband, Thomas Bailey.

Lt Col HM Fletcher planting a memorial tree for L/CPl Wilson and Ptes MacAulay and Marshall, 30 November 1989.

L/Cpl Andrews, 3 PARA, lays a wreath at Rathfriland for L/Cpl Wilson & Ptes MacAulay and Marshall, 30 Nov 1989.

Letter to Mrs Bailey regarding the personal effects of her husband, Thomas Bailey, dated 23 May 1945.

Lt Ritchie's ID Card, Oflag IX/AH Spangenberg, 1945.

Letter of condolence from the King, to Mrs McCombe, 1944.

Lt J L Williams & Rev R Talbot-Watkins at Buckingham Palace receiving their awards. Dec 1945.

Lt Frederick Norton, date unknown.

Lance Corporal Quince, with possible members of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron.

L/Cpl Charles L Ellsworth

Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

Lt King parachuting at Grantham 1987.

Lt King ready to parachute at Grantham 1987.

Lance Corporals Doug Ware and Adron Goddard, 144 AMS, Lyneham circa 1990

Loading Swingire Missiles onto Ferret Mk 5

Lt Col Poraj-Wilczynski, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2002.

Letter from Lt Douglass to his parents, 5 October 1944.

Letter from Lt Douglass to his parents, describing his Christmas Cake, 20 December 1944.

Letter from Harry Cast to his sweetheart Joan Godfrey, January 1944.

Letter to the parents of Lt Douglass from Major General Urquhart, 7 October 1944.

Letter from Deryk Venables to Doug Russell, 2002.

Letter to Miss Jones about her brother, A/Sgt William Jones, 1944.

Letter to Mrs Meadows notifying her that Pte Meadows was posted as Missing in Action, 25 Sept 1944.

Lashing and Loading Diagrams for the Hadrian Glider

Letter to Urquhart regarding conditions in hospital

Letter from Browning to all airborne troops. August, 1944.

Lessons from Ex 'Bones'. August, 1944.

L/Cpl Bixby's letter from The Old Comrades Association, 3 November 1947.

L/Cpl Bixby's Movement Order for Port Siad Transit Camp, Palestine, 30 June 1947.

L/Cpl Bixby, Corps of Military Police 'Establishment of Identity Card' dated 1946.

Letter to Lance Sergeant Lewis' father, informing him of his presumed death, 22 February 1946.

Letter to Lance Sergeant Lewis' father informing him of the circumstances of his sons death, 18 February 1946.

Looking in the direction of camp. Wales, date unknown.

Letter regarding Sgt Evans' death.

Loading up an Arab Dhow with beer for a Sunday fishing trip. Persian Gulf.

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