'Off The Beaten Track'. 'Impressions of a Visit To Bampton'. 1939
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- October 6th 1939
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'Off The Beaten Track'. 'Impressions of a Visit To Bampton'. 1939
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Stan Smith, reported missing in WWII
This letter, dated November 1st 1944 was send by Stan Smith's commanding officer to Stan's father informing him that Stan was missing but may be a POW. He was a POW and near the end of the was became one of the POWs who took part in the what became known as the Long March. They were marched from East Germany keeping ahead of the advancing Russians. Stan walked almost 1,000 miles. He survived.
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Celebrating the home coming of Yvette Bovington's son Pierre from the Falklands war
Pierre Bovington, the son of Yvette is welcomed back home from the Falklands War in 1982. In the photograph are
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