Lawrence, Lindsay Palmer (Gunner, b.1917) Accession Number: PR00225

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Letters to his family describing training, sea voyage, training and leave in the U.K., active service in North Africa including the taking of Tobruk. Lawrence was later taken prisoner on Crete, and letters resume as a POW at Stalags VIIA and VIIIB, commenting on illness, food, concerts, sport, work, parties, agricultural classes and reading.

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Accession Number
PR00225
Maker
Lindsay Palmer Lawrence
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1939-1945
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 90/0232
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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