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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1648/BOX/1
Title	Personal papers relating to Michael Banbury
Date	1947-1952
Description	20 letters from Michael Banbury to Peter Good of Derby dating from 1947 to 1952, covering topics including: bleakness of home/family life following death of mother in 1948; friendships; employment in Town Clerk's Department, Derby until 1950; abandonment of seamanship training at Lowestoft in 1950; ambition to join the armed services; Royal Artillery military training in 1951: deployment to Hong Kong and Korea in 1951; Christmas card, 1951: 1 Commonwealth Division, Korea; Newspaper cuttings, death announcement and news report: death of Michael Banbury in Korea from wound received on active service on 28 Aug 1952; Letter, 1952: from Bertram Banbury, father of Michael, to Peter Good: thanks for sympathy; Photographs, undated: one of a young man, presumably Michael Banbury; one of grave marker in a military cemetery; Biographical notes re Michael Banbury: single sheet, undated
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Peter Good of Derby
Term	British Empire

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