Items (590 total)

Manuscript letter mentioning his daughter.

Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army training camps in the desert, flies, heat, lack of privacy and then life in the local villages, Cairo, a military parade for Wiston Churchill and a sketch.

Manuscript letter depicting life in a transit camp in the desert where the soldiers are learning the desert ways. Also including references to the food rations.

Manuscript letter from a port providing an insight into aspect of his life in the army, censorship and how the British empire was perceived by the local population. Also mentioning the distance and the difficulties of communication by letter with his…

Manuscript letter including the poems 'Sleeping on Deck', 'Flying Fishes' and 'Yone May' and references to his life in the army and Capetown.

Manuscript letter. The British airgraph service was used during the war for delivering messages between servicemen and civilians.

Manuscript letter providing an insight into aspects of his life on board of the troopship.

Manuscript letter describing Jarmain’s train journey from Aldershot to Liverpool Docks and his embarkation on the liner SS Duchess of Richmond in the 242 Anti-Tank battery, 61st Anti-Tank Regiment.

Photograph of the exterior of the Registry of the University College of the South West, damaged in the Exeter Blitz in May 1942. Most of the college records were also destroyed.

The building was named after a College benefactor who was a member of the Singer sewing machine family.

Sepia toned studio portrait of Ronald Duncan's maternal grandfather. Labelled on reverse in two hands 'To Pat with fondest love from Dad', and 'Mole's father RD's grand father'.

Sepia-toned studio mounted photographic portrait of Roger Duncan as a toddler. Inscribed under photograph in a juvenile hand, 'Jan 25 Roger D 6'

Sepia-toned photograph showing Rose Marie Duncan with Briony as a toddler outdoors.

Black and white photograph showing Bunny with a Pekingese on her lap. An unknown woman can be partially seen learning in the doorway behind her with a cigarette.

Sepia toned photograph of a group of people on the beach. Includes Pat, Annaliese, Bunny, and Ronald Duncan. Some of the photograph's subjects are labelled on the reverse.

Sepia toned photograph of a group of people on the beach. Includes Bunny, Mole, Briony, Roger, and Ronald Duncan and Anneliese. Some of the photograph's subjects are labelled on the reverse.

Black and white photograph showing Roger Duncan as a toddler, posed standing on a chair.

Sepia toned studio photograph showing Rose Marie Duncan, with Roger seated on her lap and Briony standing beside her.

Black and white photograph showing Briony Duncan on her confirmation day, surrounded by Meriol Trevor, Mole, and Rose Marie. outside convent school at St. Leonard's

Sepia toned portrait of Roger as a child.