Gray Family Chronicles from World War II
Ken Gray (father) was in Iraq in 1941, called up at age of 19 years. Bob (uncle) was at Dunkirk, and Stan (uncle) was in Burma as part of Chindits. Winifred (mother) was called up in 1943 to serve in ATS, promoted to lance corporal and was on anti-aircraft duty before moving to clerical work. His mother went to Belgium as part of British Army on the Rhine where she met his father. Objects include a pantomime put on in Iraq (Aladdin) and also Christmas dinner from 1943. Also includes poems about life on the base, possibly written by E. Christopher.
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / ATS / Aeroplane / Aircraft / Airplane / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / Asia / Asian / Auxiliary Territorial Service / Battle of Dunkirk / Battle of Europe / Belgian / Belgium / Britain / British / British Army / British Empire / Burma / Burma Campaign / Burmese / Dunkerque / Dunkirk / Empire / Employment / Europe / European / Female / France / French / German / Germany / Myanmar / Plane / Rhine / Rhineland / South East Asia / UK / United Kingdom / War Work / Woman / Women / Work / Worker |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28523012 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25934791.v1 |
