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  • Collection: War Times/ Forces including Roll of Honour. Memorials. Home Guard. Memories and Photos etc.

Bomber Plane Crash WW2 Bluestone Plantation.pdf
Handley Page Hampden Bomber Plane 1941

WW11 Bomber Plane crash.

On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight…

A Fearful Freedom book about Jim Wright WW2.pdf
This book is about the amazing survival story which tells how Jim Wright, a Norfolk gamekeeper's son, aged 23, managed to evade capture by the Japanese in WW2....

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A Yank in the RAF.pdf
During filming for "A Yank in the RAF"....

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More info can be found at the Heritage Centre.

Airfields in Area.pdf
Haveringland/Swanington +: When the second World War broke out, Haveringland Hall and its surrounding parkland was taken over by the Air Ministry.... Oulton: RAF Museum can be found at Blickling Hall with stories of the people who served as part of…

Another Place & Christmas by D W Hamley.pdf
The night before Christmas Eve, dug in one side of a canal in Northern Italy,...

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Armistice Day 1918.pdf
Church photo on 11th November 1918 with the flag on the tower...

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ARP Helmet.pdf
ARP Wardens: An organisation set up for WW11....

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Arthur T Dewing.pdf
Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War.

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Auxiliary Fire Service.pdf
The Cawston Auxiliary firemen with their Green Goddess appliance supported other services all over the Country which required water supplies, the service started during the 2nd World War in Reepham, moved to Haveringland and came to Cawston in…

Bert Stone.pdf
Forces Photos Pathfinder Squadron:

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Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton.pdf
The Royal Army Service Cor (RASC) merged with transportation.... Also see Link: Hutton/Gould Butcher Click on file to view full page....

Lucky Strike control knob and wheel part.pdf
Control Knob and wheel Part from Lucky Strike plane crash....

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Douglas Brothers and Extracts from WW1 Diaries by Steve Andrews.pdf
Douglas Brothers and Extracts from WW1 Diaries. Children of Henry a Carpenter & Emma Douglas & having one brother & sister all of New Street Cawston.... Click on file to view full screen....

Eric Monsey He Died for His Country.pdf
Was killed in World War II....

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Ex Forces Personnel serif.pdf
Not forgetting The Home Front who served in addition to their daily work - The Home Guard Local Defence Volunteers - LDV was original name of the Home Guard. The Red Cross Auxiliary Fire Service Related Link - Roll of Honourinc War Memorials etc

Eyeshields, Anti-Gas,WW11..pdf
Eyeshields Air Spray protectors, for instructions see package/file....

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Fifty Years On by John Kett.pdf
World War Two affected everyone, from the youngest to the oldest and those who lived through those days have many and varied memories,...

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Forces Badge Collection.pdf
A collection of badges for forces caps....

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HMS Cornwall 5th April 1942.pdf
History of HMS Cornwall as told by David Reid in memory of Lieutenant David Savile Read - a relative, This was the same ship that Frederick Stanley Gaskin of Cawston lost his life....

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Cawston Home Guard.jpg
Home Guard:

Photo with Old Rectory in background.

Names reading from left:

Back Row: 4/ Don Radford. 5/ Jimmy Payne. 6/ Harrold Pratt. 7/ Tom Barker. 9/ Ernie Whall.
14/ Austin Clifford Roberts.
Second Row: 7/ John Long. 8/ Jack Delph.…

Incendiary Bomb and Certificate.pdf
Incendiary bombs were filled with highly combustible chemicals and were dropped in clusters to spread fires....

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Jack Harding Wilkins by Felicite Wilkins.pdf
On leaving school, Jack entered the motor trade as a mechanic. By 1939 he was serving with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment....

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Lucky Strike Plane Crash.pdf
Memorial at Booton Rd. In 1944, Cawston was the scene of a plane crash involving an American bomber.... In 1996 a memorial to the crew of the "Lucky Strike" was unveiled by its Flight Engineer, Jack Sasson.... Click on file to view full screen....

WW1 History & Photos at the Manor Supplied by Shirley Waring.pdf
Wounded in Battle during WW1, was shipped back to UK to Norwich hospital and then spent a month convalescing at Cawston Manor....

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Memories 1914 1920s by O N Thrower Buster.pdf
In 1914 at the start of The War, soldiers on horseback went through the Street.... Click on file to view full screen....

Mother Riley.pdf
Second World War:- A very interesting piece is on the BBC website....

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National Service Guide Book 1939.pdf
A guide to the ways in which a service could be given to our country....

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WW11 British Army Ointment Stoneware Jar.pdf
Stoneware Anti-Gas Ointment Treatment Jar for the armed forces and home guard....

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Pembroke Yeomanry HD.pdf
Billeting in Cawston at field now....

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RCAF Ration Book.pdf
Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen's Canteen Cigarette & Confectionery Ration Book.

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Rationing WW11.pdf
Ration books and Buying Permit....

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Rations A Very Peculiar History With No added butter.pdf
Rations A Very Peculiar History With no added butter by David Arscott....

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Red Jungle.pdf
"Red Jungle" by John Cross, D.C.M which is a book about a tiny British party left behind in Malayato in 1942 to radio intellgence, they joined up with other British soldiers including Jim Wight....

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Reg Bishop.pdf
"I was asleep in my hammock before the torpedo hit Hecla. I remember the ship shuddering and coming to a halt. This was because the first torpedo hit in the boiler room and we lost all steam....

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Lived in…

Cawston Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918.pdf
Roll of Honour for those who gave their lives for our country & War Memorials.

File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War…

School War Time Notes.pdf
1899: December 18th:- Children collected 30/- for the Boer War Fund....

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Spectacles for Aircrew WW11.pdf
Anti-Glare Spectacles for RAF Aircrew....

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Zeppelins Last Visit WW1.pdf
Zeppelins last visit from the school exercise book of N. B. Howard age about 10 years.... Mr Charles Clements in his Memories of old Cawston read: Zeppelin Raids; One of the worst moments was when one of the airships cut its engines and drifted in…

Fifty Years On by John Kett.pdf
War Times Memories and Diaries By: See Files on right and as following:- 1/Fifty Years On by John Kett 2/Thoughts of a Wartime childhood by Robert Sonny Dewing 3/School War Times Notes 4/Second World War by Bill Sampson 5/Another Place &…

Jim Wight survival behind the lines WW2.pdf
Jim Wight: Private 5776863 6th Battalion. The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Extraordinary survival behind the lines in Japanese occupied territory WW2.
Full story in the book "A Fearful Freedom" by Robert Hammond and is also in the book "Red Jungle" by…

WW1 Photos.pdf
Memorabilia and Photos WW1....

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Second World War by Bill Sampson.pdf
Now the day war broke out, September 3rd, 1939, I remember it well....

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WW2 Gift to H.M. Forces.pdf
Provide funds and to send gifts to our Prisoners of War....

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WW2 POWs Return Home.pdf
Memorabilia & Photos WW2 including POWs return home and The Red Cross....

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