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John Davis, and his army comrades. Other photos were
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nov 2019 - no copyright
Private
John Francis Davis
at 21
1939
Lance corporal
John Francis Davis
after war’s end
stationed in village of
Bourgeois,
Belgium
August 1945
Back of postcard reads:
IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH BE FOUND, PLEASE
RETURN TO MRS J. F. DAVIS, 11 MURIEL ST.,
SALFORD 7, LANCS, ENGLAND.
OF EXTREMELY SENTIMENTAL VALUE
THANKING YOU SINCERELY, MERCI
TO MY DARLING WIFE WITH ALL MY LOVE
FROM JOHN
JUNE 2, 1939
Tank transport
crew. British
Eighth Army,
7
th
Armoured
Division
(Desert Rats).
John F. Davis
first on left.
Vehicle is an
American
Antar
Diamond T
tractor, pulling
a transporter
1944
American M4
tank. Widely
used by U.S.
Allies during
the war.
The British
christened it
“Sherman,”
after the Civil
War general.
By Joost J. Bakker - M4
Sherman tank, CC BY 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedi
a.org/w/index.php?curid=1
7741504
A Sherman
being
guided
onto
transporter
British
transporter
crews
Seventh
Armoured
Division
c 1944-45
U.S. trucks
parked at
Klattau Airport
Czechoslovakia/
Sudetenland
after Germany’s
surrender
1945
V-Mail is
introduced to
the U.S. armed
forces in 1942
Picture from "The War Letters'
Archive", CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.
php?curid=17126127
V-Mail frees up
tons of space on
planes and ships
for vital and heavy
materiel
1940s
Weekend,
Lincoln,
England
2019
1940s Weekend,
Lincoln, England
2019
Village bobby
with his cycle
1940s Weekend,
Lincoln, England
2019
Fireman
1940s
Weekend,
Lincoln, England
2019
Bicycle parked
outside typical
butcher shop
1940s
Weekend,
Lincoln,
England
2019
Street scene
showing
bicycle,
delivery van,
sports car,
truck
British
soldier’s
wartime
gear
Note gas
mask in
center
front
1940s
Weekend,
Lincoln,
England
2019
U.S. Army
Jeep
1940s
Weekend,
Lincoln,
England
2019
Singing trio
1940s Weekend,
Lincoln, England
2019
Women in period
clothes, men in
uniform (American
and British)
1940 Spitfire.
Flown by
Polish
squadron in
Battle of
Britain. Still
airworthy.
Imperial War
Museum
Duxford
England
Pat at
Imperial War
Museum at
Duxford
England
in 2000
Wartime
ambulances
Original air raid
shelters are housed
inside this
modernish building.
Underground
network could
accommodate up to
6,500
Stockport
England
These air raid shelters
were excavated from
red sandstone.
This picture shows
corrugated tin roof
surmounted with
sandbags
Stockport
England
Note blood
pressure
gauge,
Bakelite
radio
(tubes), gas
mask
(respirator)
Stockport
England
THE End
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pictures contributed PRINCIPALLY by family members; SOME PUBLIC DOMAIN
