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Figure 1a |
My application for non-combatant status (page 1 of 2) |
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Figure 1b |
My application for non-combatant status (page 2 of 2) |
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Figure 1c |
Extract of notes from the Tribunal's record |
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Figure 2 |
Result of application for non-combatant status |
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Figure 3 |
The piece of paper that started it all! |
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Figure 4 |
Pass issued when Wentworth Golf Club was being prepared as HQ for the
defence of Southern England in the event of invasion. |
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Figure 5a |
Sunday afternoon at Oxford Hall |
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Figure 5b |
Some of my friends in No. 6 Company, Blundell Sands, 1942 |
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Figure 5c |
Me and my room-mates, Blundell Sands—1942 |
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Figure 5d |
No. 6 Section, No. 6 Company, Blundell Sands—1942 |
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Figure 6a |
Pte. "Ginger" Deed reminding us of Noah in Chaucer Road, Bedford |
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Figure 6b |
A conference of "Open" brethren from three NCC companies
held in David Street Chapel, Liverpool, in the summer of 1942
(chapter 20) |
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Figure 7 |
Standard instructions for bomb-disposal in 1942/1943 |
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Figure 8a |
Preparing a charge at Turvey, Bedfordshire (Chapter 28) |
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Figure 8b |
L/Sgt. Barnes, RE, with a 50 kg bomb |
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Figure 8c |
Cpl. Conquest, RE—very proud of his hat at Chaucer Road, Bedford |
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Figure 8d |
L/Cpl. Lawrence RE, and Pte. Bramwell outside our billet at Chaucer
Road, Bedford |
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Figure 8e |
Pte. Williams about to swim in the Great Ouse at Bromham (Chapter 26) |
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Figure 9 |
257 Bomb-Disposal Section, RE, at disbandment on 12th June, 1943 |
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Figure 10 |
"Letter of commendation" provided by the elders of Bedford Hall |
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Figure 11 |
Part of a typical statistical return prepared by the Stats Section, AG.14 |
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Figure 12 |
My instructions for a memorable Christmas Eve in the War Office |
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Figure 13 |
In preparation for return to civilian life |
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Figures 14a
and 14b |
Old views of Chaddlewood House, Plympton |
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Figure 14c |
A furtive reply from two ex-POWs from behind the Iron Curtain |
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Figure 14d |
Chaddlewood House as it is today |