BITS & PIECES
The following are items that have been sent to me over the time the website has been running, some I have used elsewhere on the site, but now with the new items I have grouped them all together. If anyone has anything for this page please send it to me.
Above FORM557 sent in by Peter Tait, Cpl. Tait's Son.
Above letter sent in by Jim Williams, via Cliff East.
Above letter sent in by Irving Holgate, Via Cliff east, 1956 (Feb/Mar)
I have enhanced it, and I can just understand it. How it will look when published to the Internet, I hope OK.
Above items of Service and Release book, were sent in by
Barry Dawson.
The two above items sent in by Jim Dorling.
Above swimming certificate, from Terry Barry.
Above Cartoon July 1949 by R. Geary, 8R Flight DI's.
Sent in by Colin Wilkinson.
Left to right,
Cpl. K.W. Kingswall, Flt Sgt ?, Cpl. Calbylane (sp) & Cpl. Scott.
Above chit, sent in by Reg Batt, (ex Cpl.), via Cliff.
Above sent in by Glyn Davis.
Above 3 sent in by Cpl. Alan Sutcliffe. First one is the
Notice Paper for anyone joining as a Regular.
Second one is the Oath to be taken by recruit on Attestation.
And finally the baggage label for those off to Fayid,
(this will bring back memories).
Above two sent in by James Hunter, via Cliff.
Above Enlistment notice sent in by Frank Blake, via Cliff East.
Is there anybody out there who remembers this brawny muscle bound DI who's name I cannot remember.He was DI in charge of hut 187. 3 Flight. Smuts squadron May-July 1955.
I think most of our numbers began 2754. Wes Howard.
Above sent to me by Wes Howard, 08/09/2008
Above 4 items sent in from Dennis (Polly) Perkins, via Cliff.
Anyone know if the W K Parade above, is one of the first to be published ?
The one on the History page was December 1948.
Above certificate sent in by John Ades.
Above Grade Card sent in by Alwyn York.
Above donor card sent in by Eddie Wybrow.
Above blood donors card and details of Inoculations, sent in by Ian Vaughan.
Above pass sent in by Chris Hebbron.
The Menu for Christmas 1951, was sent to me by Cliff East.
The above Rifle Certificate of Proficency,
was sent in by Wilf Hunt, via Cliff East
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48 Hour Pass.
Sent in by Roy Doggett, via Terry Barry.
This Blood Donors card sent to me by
James (Jim) Robertson, on here with his permission.
The following photos were sent to me
by Jan Bolton, her Father William Edward Moore,
( known as Bill or Ted) was at West Kirby in 1950.
They were taken on her mobile and passed to me by my Nephew. Jan would like to know if there is anyone who remembers her Dad, he was also a DI.
The quality of the photos is not all that good, but anyone else who has won these medals will know
what they are.
The reverse says "R.A.F. West Kirby S R (A)
Winners 1950.
this is a photo of her Father. I will be getting in touch with Jan again to see if we can improve on the quality of the photos.
To contact Jan, about her Dad, E-mail:-
janbolton1@btinternet.com
The following sent in by Dennis Fickling, is not to do with West Kirby while you were there but was very welcome on the last days in the R.A.F. . I have still got my forage cap, with a couple of moth holes.
The following was sent to me by Cliff East.
This chap was Court Marshalled for being
AWOL for 15 Days, 13 hours & 30 minutes,
& AWOL for 145 days & 4 hours.
All traces of his identity have been removed..
looking forward to many more bits & pieces from you.