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Dad's War Diary
CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-7 · File · 1944-1945
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

A wartime diary from Lt. Col. F. H. Medcalf of the Elgin Military Museum in St. Thomas, Ontario. Diary is from D-Day on June 6th, 1944 until May 4, 1945.

Gloves
CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-12 · File · 1939-1945
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

A pair of black gloves that were worn during the Second World War. Provenance unknown.

CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-2 · File · 1944
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

A collection of documents and photographs relating to Henry McFadyen Annan, a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Items include his identity card, his pay book, Birthday and Christmas Cards, and other wartime correspondence.

CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-6 · File · 1955
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

The story of Squadron Leader Andy MacKenzie, DFC, a pilot during the Korean War, who crashed and was captured in China. This story first appeared in the Weekend Magazine (Vol 5, No. 7)

CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-8 · File · 1919
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

Documents and Photographs pertaining to the death of Lieut. Basil W. Cotterell of the 49th Squad of the Royal Air Force. Also including is correspondence between Cotterell's mother and the Earl of Lucan, Baron E. de Crombrugghe, Privy Purse Office Buckingham Palace, Alex Macinnes, Capt. A. Newman, J. M. Birkenshaw, George Pitsch, and Fred Neal regarding the death of her son.

CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-1 · File · May 29, 1944 - February 14, 1944
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

A collection of documents and photographs related to Major Harry Pope who served in the Second World War and the Korean War. Documents include Interrogation Reports and correspondence relating to his time as a POW.

Personal Histories Fonds
CA ON00411 MG-0027 · Fonds · 1854-2005

The Personal Histories Fonds contain wartime diaries, documents, interviews, articles, postcards, photographs, and histories from various First and Second World War veterans. Included also is a paper by Sidney Allinson about Canada's First Victoria Cross recipient Lt. Alexander Dunn, who received the VC by being apart of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854.

Personal Histories Fonds
CA ON00411 MG-0027-1 · Series · 1854-2005
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

The Personal Histories Fonds contain wartime diaries, documents, interviews, articles, postcards, photographs, and histories from various First and Second World War veterans. Included also is a paper by Sidney Allinson about Canada's First Victoria Cross recipient Lt. Alexander Dunn, who received the VC by being apart of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854.

WWII WPS
CA ON00411 MG-0027-1-1-5 · File · 1940-1945
Part of Personal Histories Fonds

An interview and personal account of an unknown Dutchman about their wartime experiences, including the Liberation of Holland.