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Collapse D4886 - Joseph Leonard Underwood of Derbyshire, Corporal, Royal Air Force - 1940-1946

D4886 - Joseph Leonard Underwood of Derbyshire, Corporal, Royal Air Force - 1940-1946

1 - Letters to Joe Underwood chiefly from his fiancee, later his wife, Irene James, with some from his parents in Bramshall, Staffordshire and some from his grandparents in Chesterton, Staffordshire - 1940-1946

2 - Two letters from Joe Underwood to Irene James Personal - 1940-1943

3 - Undated letters to Joe Underwood - c1943-1945

4 - Telegrams to Joe Underwood including. birthday greetings and congratulations from mess colleagues on marriage, Sept 1944 - 1941-1945

5 - Greetings cards - wedding anniversary, birthday - c1941-1944

6 - Official and demobilisation papers of Joe Underwood - 1940-1946

7 - Corporal's stripes and service colours of Joe Underwood - c1946

8 - Joe Underwood's pocket diary - 1941

9 - Joe Underwood's Post Office savings books: RAF, 1941-1946 and civilian, 1946 - 1941-1946

10 - Account book with George Orme and Sons, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire including purchases of utility furniture - 1947

11 - Joe Underwood's RAF service issue pocket `housewife' kit: [cold cream, brush etc.] - c1941

12 - Portraits of Joe Underwood in RAF uniform 1940 and 1943; (/3-16) Snapshots taken in Aden including. colleagues, local inhabitants, desert scenes, harbour, aircraft, etc c1941-1943 - 1940-1943

13 - Portraits of Irene James in civilian dress and in ATS uniform - c1941-1942

14 - Photographs of ? Joe Underwood's father with lorry, one loaded with beer barrels, c1941; (/3) photograph of dog, undated - 1940s

15 - Comic postcards by Donald McGill [no message] sent to Irene James - c1940

16 - Copy photographic negative of group of RAF servicemen c1943

17 - Covers [empty] to letters to Joe Underwood - early 1940s

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