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Collapse D6022 - Eric Walton (1920-2008) of Hepthorne Lane, Clay Cross, Royal Air Force non-combatant - 1928-2013D6022 - Eric Walton (1920-2008) of Hepthorne Lane, Clay Cross, Royal Air Force non-combatant - 1928-2013
Expand 1 - School reports from North Wingfield Boys' School - 1928-19341 - School reports from North Wingfield Boys' School - 1928-1934
Expand 2 - School leaving and employment - [1936]2 - School leaving and employment - [1936]
Expand 3 - RAF service papers - 1942-19463 - RAF service papers - 1942-1946
Expand 4 - Papers relating to the Japanese ceasefire at the end of the Second World War - 1945-19854 - Papers relating to the Japanese ceasefire at the end of the Second World War - 1945-1985
Expand 5 - Supreme Allied Command South East Asia - 1944-19465 - Supreme Allied Command South East Asia - 1944-1946
Expand 6 - The visit to Bangkok, Thailand, of Lord Killearn - 19466 - The visit to Bangkok, Thailand, of Lord Killearn - 1946
Expand 7 - The visit to The Philippines of Lord Killearn, the United Kingdom's representative at the Declaration of Independence of the Republic in July 1946 - 1946-19477 - The visit to The Philippines of Lord Killearn, the United Kingdom's representative at the Declaration of Independence of the Republic in July 1946 - 1946-1947
Expand 8 - Miscellanea - [20th cent]8 - Miscellanea - [20th cent]
Collapse 9 - Photographs - [1945-1946]9 - Photographs - [1945-1946]
1 - Photograph of Lord Louis Mountbatten addressing American and British troops - [1945]
2 - Photograph of Government Offices, New Delhi [India] - [1945]
3 - Photograph of Viceroy's Palace, New Delhi [India] - [1945]
4 - Photograph of Cathay Tower, Singapore - [1945]
5 - Photograph of view from an office window of the city and the port, Singapore - [1945]
6 - Photograph of view of damaged buildings in Singapore - [1945]
7 - Photograph of Sultan's Palace, Rangoon [Burma] - [1945]
8 - Photograph of a Singapore fruit stall - [1945]
9 - Photograph of a group of young Singaporean women - [1945]
10-12 - Photographs of street scenes and a Hindu Temple in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] - [1945]
13 - Photograph of troops lining the entrance to a building at the Japanese ceasefire, Rangoon [Burma] - [1945]
14-15 - Photograph of official cadillacs and driver - 1946
16-20 - Photograph of views of the Sultan of Jahore's Palace, Bukit Serene, and gardens [Malaysia], May 1946 - 1946
21 - Photograph of Dr. Soong's cottage at Nanking [Nanjing, China] - [1946]
22 - Photograph of Malaya's Lake District - [1946]
23-27 - Photograph of conference meetings with Lord Killearn - [1946]
28 - Wedding photograph of Eric Walton - [1946]
29 - Photograph of four young men, two in soldier's uniforms - 26 Jul 1915
30 - Photograph of a football team, probably the National Coal Board team - [c1940]
31 - Photograph of the RAF football team which beat the Army 9-3 on New Year's Day - [1940s]
32 - Photograph of three men in uniform 'Outside Tent 36 with Tom and Norman' [in Delhi] - 20 Feb 1944
33 - Photograph of men in uniform at an informal gathering, including General Browning (second from right) and Eric Walton (far left, dressed in shorts) - [c1944]
34 - Photograph of General[?] inspecting troops, labelled on reverse '490th Bomb Squadron' - [c1944]
35 - Photograph of General[?] and three others, probably in Malaya - [c1945]
36 - Photograph of the Sultan of Johor's Palace 'Bukit Serene' which was temporarily occupied by the Killearn family and Sergeant Eric Walton - 1946
37 - Photograph of eight men, including Eric Walton, in suits on a sports field, with a two men in the centre holding a piece of paper, one with a golf club and ball - [1950s-1960s]
38 - Photograph of Eric Walton, Dr Stirling, and Sir Learie Constantine, taken at the annual dinner dance of the Chesterfield Cricket Lovers' Socieyt at Bradbury Hall, Chesterfield - [1960s]
39 - Colour photograph of Eric Walton [seventh from left] and his staff when he was National Coal Board Transport Manager for the Nottinghamshire area - [1970s-1980s]
40 - Colour photograph of Eric Walton being given a haircut - [1980s]
41 - Colour photograph of Eric Walton at the age of 84 outside his conservatory at Moor Road, Ashover, with his friend John Mason - 2004
42 - Colour photograph of Eric Walton depositing his archive at Derbyshire Record Office - 2003
10 - Letters from W B Day, North Wingfield, To Eric Walton whilst on Active Service - 1944-1946
11 - Letters from family and friends to Eric Walton, largely whilst on Active Service - 1944-1977
Expand 12 - Memoirs of Eric Walton - 2000s12 - Memoirs of Eric Walton - 2000s
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