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Radcliffe, Lancashire

Betty Jean Hall

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Royal Ordnance Factory

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

Radcliffe, Jack - Comedian

Barbara Smith

Radcliffe Road, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Beverley Kay

Radio

Vince Southern

In Town Tonight

Audrey Cole

Lord Haw Haw

Vince Southern

Music While You Work

Leila Parker

Workers' Playtime

Arthur Orrell

Raikes Clough, Bolton

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

Railways

Harry Higson

Roy Swannick

Railway Stations

Edinburgh, Scotland

Jack Morgan

Farnworth

Jack Morgan

Moses Gate, Farnworth

Lilian Mills

Harry Higson

Trinity Street, Bolton

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Harry Higson

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Arthur Orrell

Edith Williams

Victoria, Manchester

Lilian Mills

Ramree Island, Burma

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Randle, Frank - Comedian

Barbara Smith 1

Barbara Smith 2

'Randle's Scandals' stage show

Barbara Smith

Rangoon, Burma

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Ratcliffe, Jim - Durham Light Infantry

Jim Ratcliffe - Written account

Rationing + Food

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Audrey Cole 3

Beverley Kay 1

Beverley Kay 2

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Edith Kay née Hayston

Maurice Kobelt 1

Maurice Kobelt 2

May Longworth

Allan Lord

Arthur Orrell

John Makin

Lilian Mills

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Leila Parker 3

Nellie Shaw

Barbara Smith

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Dick West

Army Food

Ernie Holden

Horse Meat

Vince Southern

Lord Woolton's Pie

Betty Jean Hall

Edith Thorpe

RAF Food

George Davies

Rat Pie

Vince Southern

Royal Navy Food

Harry Higson

WRNS Food

May Longworth

Rats

Barbara Smith

Rawson Street, Farnworth

Vince Southern

Reading, Berkshire

Arthur Orrell

Reading Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire

Arthur Orrell

Red Cross Society

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Edith Kay née Hayston 1

Edith Kay née Hayston 2

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 1

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 2

Regent Cinema, Deane Road, Bolton

Dick Berry - Written account

Audrey Cole

Rhodesians

Frank Edwards

Rialto Cinema, St George’s Road, Bolton

John Makin

Ridgeways Endowed School, Bury New Road, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Beverley Kay

Ringley

Vince Southern 1

Vince Southern 2

Vince Southern 3

Vince Southern 4

Vince Southern 5

Vince Southern 6

Rishton Lane, Bolton

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

Ritz Cinema, Fletcher Street, Bolton

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Rivington

Edith Kay née Curtis

Roberts, Captain - Royal Army Pay Corps

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Roberts, Don - Footballer

Frank Edwards

Roberts, Jack - Footballer, Wartime Wanderer

Image

Roberts, Sam - Farmer, Lostock

Harry Higson

Rooley Moor, Rochdale, Lancashire

John Makin

Rose Hill, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Rose Hill Congregational Church, Bradford Road, Bolton

Dick West

Rosemarkie, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty

May Longworth

Rostock, Germany

George Davies

Rosyth, Firth of Forth, Scotland

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Rothwell Street

Audrey Cole

Royal Air Force

George Davies

Frank Edwards

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

Beverley Kay 1

Beverley Kay 2

Allan Lord

Ernest Marsden

Dick West

Cheshire, Leonard - RAF Group Captain and Victoria Cross holder

Frank Edwards

Davies, George - Royal Air Force

George Davies - main page

Edwards, Frank - Royal Air Force

Frank Edwards - main page

Ercolani, Wing Commander Lucian Brett - Royal Air Force

Ernest Marsden

Harris, Air Vice Marshal Arthur Travers

George Davies

Marsden, Ernest - Royal Air Force

Ernest Marsden - main page

May, Sgt Ronald - RAFVR - killed in flying accident, Vancouver island, Canada 10.11.1944

Ernest Marsden

Morris, Bill - Royal Air Force

Bill Morris - main page

Bill Morris - RAF Flight Log pdf

Nikolsky, Corporal - Royal Air Force

Ernest Marsden

Olive, Brian - Royal Air Force

John Makin

Settle, AFC Frederick Gordon - 9 Squadron, RAF, killed 7.5.1940 - brother of Betty Jean Hall

Betty Jean Hall

Shortus, Corporal - RAF Initial Training Wing

Ernest Marsden

West, Richard Lowry - Royal Air Force

Dick West - main page

Willams, Bob - Royal Air Force

Ernest Marsden

Royal Air Force Codenames

Whitebait - bombing attacks on Berlin

George Davies

No Ball - bombing attacks on V1 Rocket launch sites

Bill Morris - RAF Flight Log pdf

SYKO - RAF message encryption equipment

Bill Morris - RAF Flight Log pdf

Royal Air Force Squadrons + Formations

12 Squadron

George Davies

88 Squadron

Bill Morris - main page

133 (Eagle) Squadron

Frank Edwards

159 Squadron

Ernest Marsden

44 (Rhodesia) Squadron

Frank Edwards

232 Squadron

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Ernest Marsden 3

342 (French) Squadron 'Lorraine'

Bill Morris - main page

355 Squadron

Ernest Marsden

630 Squadron

George Davies

12 Fighter Group

Betty Jean Hall

Bomber Command

George Davies

Frank Edwards

Coastal Command

Dick West

Transport Command

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Ernest Marsden 3

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

Dick West 3

Royal Air Force Establishments

ACDC (Air Crew Despatch Centre) Heaton Park, Manchester

Ernest Marsden

ACRC (Air Crew Reception Centre) London

Ernest Marsden

ITW (Initial Training Wing) Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

Ernest Marsden

No 6 Radio School, Manchester Road, Bolton

Allan Lord

Royal Air Force Stations

RAF Alness, Ross and Cromarty

Frank Edwards

RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Biggin Hill, Kent

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Frank Edwards 3

Frank Edwards 4

RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire

George Davies

RAF Bishops Court, Down, Northern Ireland

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire

Frank Edwards

RAF Burtonwood, Lancashire (US 8th Army Air Force Base)

John Makin 1

John Makin 2

RAF Cosford, Shropshire

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

RAF Digri, India

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire

Beverley Kay

RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire

George Davies

RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Finningley, Yorkshire

George Davies

RAF Gravesend, Kent

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire

Frank Edwards

RAF Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset

Ernest Marsden

RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty

Frank Edwards

RAF Ismailia, Egypt

Beverley Kay

RAF Jodhpur, India

Ernest Marsden

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

RAF Karachi, India

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

RAF Kenley, Surrey

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

RAF Kirkham, Lancashire

Ernest Marsden

RAF Leeming, Yorkshire

George Davies

RAF Linton-upon-Ouse, Yorkshire

Frank Edwards

RAF Locking, Somerset

Frank Edwards

RAF Lympne, Kent

Frank Edwards

RAF Marston Moor, Yorkshire

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

RAF Masirah, Persian Gulf

George Davies

RAF Mount Batten, Devon

George Davies

RAF Padgate, Lancashire

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Allan Lord

Ernest Marsden

Dick West

RAF Pegu, Burma

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

RAF Poona, India

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Ernest Marsden 3

RAF Rudloe Manor, Wiltshire

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

RAF Salbani, India

Image

RAF Stormy Down, Glamorganshire, Wales

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Waddington, Buckinghamshire

Frank Edwards

RAF West Freugh, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Bill Morris - main page

RAF Worthy Down, Hampshire

Beverley Kay

Royal Army Medical Corps

Cap Badge - Image

Ernie Holden

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Leila Parker

Royal Army Pay Corps, 44th Battalion

Edith Williams 1

Edith Williams 2

Edith Williams 3

Royal Army Service Corps

Ernie Holden

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London

Maurice Kobelt

Royal Artillery

Audrey Cole

Ernie Holden

Royal Australian Navy

Bill Brown

Royal Canadian Air Force

Frank Edwards

Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons

401 Squadron

Frank Edwards

420 Squadron

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Royal Canadian Air Force Stations

RCAF Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Ernest Marsden

RCAF Malton, Ontario, Canada

Ernest Marsden

RCAF Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Ernest Marsden

Royal Cinema, St George’s Road, Bolton

Nellie Shaw

Royal Corps of Signals

Edith Williams

Royal Engineers

Edith Williams

Royal Garhwal Rifles

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Royal Malay Regiment

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Royal Marines

Cap Badge - Image

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Bill Brown 3

Ernie Holden

Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan

Morgan, Jack - Royal Marines, Brother of Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan - main page

Bill Morgan

Morgan, Bill - Royal Marines, Brother of Jack Morgan

Bill Morgan - main page

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Taylor, Bert - Royal Marine, wounded on D-day 6.6.1944

Jack Morgan

Royal Military Police

Ernie Holden 1

Ernie Holden 2

Royal Naval Air Stations / Royal Naval Shore Establishments

Butlin's Holiday Camp, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Bill Brown

Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness, Lincolnshire

Bill Brown

Devonport Naval Barracks, Plymouth

Harry Higson

HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece, Staffordshire

Image

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

HMS Ganges (Training)

Harry Higson

HMS Gosling - Training School, Risley, Lancashire

Frank Edwards

HMS Nightjar, Inskip, Lancashire

Image

May Longworth

Marconi School of Wireless, Glasgow, Scotland

Bill Brown

RNAS Evanton, Ross and Cromarty

Frank Edwards

May Longworth

RNAS Inskip, Lancashire

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

RNAS Worthy Down, Hampshire

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset

Frank Edwards

Scapa Flow, Pomona, Orkneys, Scotland

Harry Higson

Arthur Orrell

Royal Navy

Bill Brown

Harry Higson

John Makin

Accidental deaths of shipmates

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Arctic Convoys

Harry Higson

Auction of dead shipmate's possessions

Bill Brown

Brown, Bill

Bill Brown - Main Page

Dickens, Peter Gerald Charles - First Lieutenant, HMS Cotswold

Harry Higson

Harcourt, Rear Admiral Sir Cecil

Bill Brown

Higson, Harry

Harry Higson - main page

Hostility from Royal Australian Navy

Bill Brown

Kamikaze attacks

Bill Brown

Milford Haven, 3rd Marquess of - David Michael Mountbatten

Bill Brown

Morgan, Tom - Royal Navy, Brother of Bill + Jack Morgan

Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan

Mountbatten, Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas - Supreme Commander Allied Forces SE Asia

Ernest Marsden

Operation Pedestal

Bill Brown

Pacific Fleet

Bill Brown

Punishment + Discipline

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Seasickness

Bill Brown

Harry Higson

Suicide of a shipmate

Bill Brown

Weather at sea

Bill Brown

Harry Higson

Royal Navy Ships - see also Ships

HMS Cotswold

Harry Higson

HMS Cumberland

Bill Brown

Harry Higson

HMS Formidable

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

HMS Illustrious

Bill Brown

HMS Indomitable

Bill Brown

HMS Leander

Harry Higson

HMS Obdurate

Harry Higson

HMS Onslow

Harry Higson

HMS Prince of Wales

Harry Higson

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 1

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 2

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 3

HMS Quilliam - Collision with HMS Indomitable

Bill Brown

HMS Repulse

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 1

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 2

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 3

HMS Swiftsure

Bill Brown

HMS Venerable

Bill Brown

HMS Vengeance

Bill Brown

HMS Victorious

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Royal Norfolk Regiment, 6th Battalion

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Royal Ordnance Factories

Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire

Edith Kay née Curtis

Maurice Kobelt

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Dick West

Fazakerley, Lancashire

John Makin

Radcliffe, Lancashire

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London

Maurice Kobelt

Royal Visit to Bolton

Maurice Kobelt

Royal West African Frontier Force

Cap Badge - Image

Betty Jean Hall

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Ruby Street, Bolton

May Longworth

RAF Rudloe Manor, Wiltshire

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

Rumworth Hotel, 514 Wigan Road, Bolton - Public House

Leila Parker

Russell, Mr - Milkman, Plodder Lane, Bolton / Farnworth

Audrey Cole

Russell Street, Bolton

Maurice Kobelt 1

Maurice Kobelt 2

Maurice Kobelt 3

Russia

Arthur Orrell

Betty Jean Hall

Harry Higson

Edith Williams

Kola Inlet, Murmansk, Russia

Harry Higson

Russian Flag

John Makin

Rychart, Captain Noel - Royal West African Frontier Force

Jack Morgan

 

 

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