World War, 1939-1945 | Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Souvenir album on years at the University of Edinburgh, and on wartime service, 1937-1942
Item — Box CLX-A-1541: Series Coll-1657/4
Identifier: Coll-1657/4/1
Scope and Contents
1 album: Created by Irene J. Young and remembering years at Edinburgh University, 1937-1942, and moments of wartime service, 1942-1944, the album in maroon buckram case had been lent (along with correspondence) to the Imperial War Museum to be displayed in the exhibition, 'Forces Sweethearts', 1993.
Dates:
1937-1942
Thirty-eight letters from Leslie Cairns, 152nd Field Regiment RA, Ayrshire Yeomanry, while in in Epping Essex, 17 November 1941 - 23 March 1942
File — Box CLX-A-1542: Series Coll-1657/4
Identifier: Coll-1657/4/9
Scope and Contents
1 folder: Thirty-eight letters, manuscript, 17 November 1941 to 23 March 1942, from Leslie G. Cairns, while with 152nd Field Regiment RA, Ayrshire Yeomanry, in Epping, Essex, and during the beginning of his estrangement with Irene J. Young and their broken engagement.In the letters, Leslie describes life in the Epping especially in the period over Christmas and New Year, which he spends away from home for the first time. He describes weekly trips to London to shop for the mess,...
Dates:
17 November 1941 - 23 March 1942