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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Marshall Miniature Negative Album, October 1942 - June 1943

 File — Box Marshall and Scott Box 10: Series 178C45; Series 178H22; Series 178K9; Series 178Q2; Series 178Z47
Reference code: 178C45.1056
Scope and Contents

Miniature negative album, containing photographic negatives, relating to Walter Marshall’s service with the Royal Air Force in South Africa, India and then the Middle East during the Second World War. Also includes an index at the front of the volume, listing the date and the subject of each image, thought to be written in the hand of Walter Marshall.

Dates: October 1942 - June 1943
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marshall and Scott Family Collection / Photographs

Walter Marshall Photograph Album, August 1942 - June 1943

 File — Box Marshall and Scott Box 10: Series 178C45; Series 178H22; Series 178K9; Series 178Q2; Series 178Z47
Reference code: 178C45.1055
Scope and Contents Photograph album, containing black and white photographs and postcards with annotations, relating to Walter Marshall’s service with the Royal Air Force in South Africa, India and then the Middle East during the Second World War. Includes photographs of him in uniform and the men he served alongside, shown on active service, in camp, at leisure and playing sports, interspersed with photographs and postcards of landscapes, buildings, historic sites, streets, military vehicles and aeroplanes,...
Dates: August 1942 - June 1943
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marshall and Scott Family Collection / Photographs

Walter Marshall Photographs, c1930 - 1950

 File — Box Marshall and Scott Box 8: Series 178C45; Series 178F29
Reference code: 178C45.911-1054
Scope and Contents Black and white photographs, some annotated on the reverse, and photographic negatives, relating to Walter Marshall’s service with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Includes photographs of him in uniform and the men he served alongside, shown on active service, in camp, at leisure and playing sports, interspersed with photographs and postcards of landscapes, buildings, historic sites, streets, local people, military vehicles, aeroplanes, and war graves, collected whilst he was...
Dates: c1930 - 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marshall and Scott Family Collection / Photographs

War Magazines Collection

 Collection
Reference code: WAR1
Scope and Contents The collection consists of issues of three illustrated magazines, which were published during the First and Second World Wars. The issues describe and comment on events at home, in Europe and in the wider world, with lavish use of illustration and photographs.The War Illustrated (1914-1919) 1-208, 22nd August 1914-10th August 1918. Missing no. 3The War Illustrated (1939-1947) 1-255, 16th September 1939-11th April 1947War Weekly 2-85, 3rd November 1939-5th...
Dates: 1914 - 1947
Found in: Special Collections and Archives

When Butlin’s was no Holiday Camp by Colin Green, 1993

 Item — Box Arthur Markham Box 2: Series 268/25; Series 268/26; Series 268/27; Series 268/28; Series 268/29
Reference code: 268/29/4
Scope and Contents

When Butlin’s was no Holiday Camp' by Colin Green won an Award in 1993. This essay gives an account of the author's training for the Navy in World War Two. He was first based at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness, which was being used as a Training Camp during the war.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Arthur Markham Memorial Prize Essays / 1993 Memorial Prize Essays

World's Fair Newspaper Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0085
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the complete run of The World's Fair Newspaper from 1904 to the present day. Issues from 1904 to 1950 are on microfilm.

Dates: 1904 - 2020
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

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