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Bampton Community Archive Wars (WW1, WW2 and others) With digital objects
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Celebrating the home coming of Yvette Bovington's son Pierre from the Falklands war

  • BCA - 2021.2626
  • Item
  • 1982

Pierre Bovington, the son of Yvette is welcomed back home from the Falklands War in 1982. In the photograph are

  1. Herbert Lock, son of Bill
  2. Ron Hickman – butcher
  3. Henry Willis
  4. Betty Lock
  5. Yvette Bovington
  6. Pierre, Yvette’s son back from Falklands
  7. Billy Mathews
  8. Jane Willis
  9. Mrs Betty Hickman, the butcher’s wife

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Stan Smith, reported missing in WWII

  • BCA - 2021.2564
  • Item
  • November 1st 1944

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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Freda Daniels as a young girl

  • BCA - 2021.2542
  • Item
  • 1930s

Freda Daniels was not quite 3 years old when she was dressed up to sell poppies in 1929. She was born April 13th 1927. The photograph of her sitting has '3 years old' written on the back.
When she married she became Mrs Freda Bradley.

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