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Thanksgiving For Victory Service 1945
This is the Service program for the Thanksgiving Service for Victory held in 1945. As the service sheet was printed in London it was probably a standard service to be held across the UK
Nik Stanbridge
Major Robert Colvile through his life
These are photographs of Major Robert Colvile starting with one when he was about 3 years old
Nik Stanbridge
RAF Bampton Castle - a brief history
RAF Bampton Castle - a brief history
Nik Stanbridge
VJ Day Journal August 15th 1945
VJ Day Journal August 15th 1945
Nik Stanbridge
Constance Irene de Hamel Aug 10th 1916 to November 20th 2009
This is the funeral program from the church service for Constance Irene de Hamel. Constance did many things but is possibly best known for being a continuity announcer during WWII.
Bampton Community Archive
Stan Smith talks about his time as a soldier and POW in WWII
On May 19th 2004 a conversation between Stan Smith and Jo Lewington was recorded and this is a transcript of that conversation. Stan talks of his time fighting and then as a POW and finally on the long march west.
Bampton Community Archive
Lighter with the USAF 5th Air Force crest; it was in the Pacific from 1942.
"The crest on the lighter is that of the USAF 5th Air Force that has been based in the Pacific since 1942. Brize Norton air base was handed to the USAF in 1951 and returned to the RAF in 1965.
Bampton Community Archive
British Legion Christmas party gathering
These ladies were at a British Legion Christmas gathering in the early 1960s.
Bampton Community Archive
21st birthday of the women's section British Legion football match v men
21st birthday celebration of the women's section British Legion with a football match v men.
Bampton Community Archive
Call to fund a national memorial for our Ox & Bucks D-Day heroes. Autumn 2015
Witney Gazette, autumn 2015. Call to fund a national memorial for our Ox & Bucks D-Day heroes. Fitting tribute: The design for the memorial to the 2nd Battalion D Company of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry’s heroic Pegasus Bridge operation
Bampton Community Archive