Rushden Research Group: Miscellany

Miscellany

Miscellanous photos enclosed in an album we were allowed to copy,
believed to have been assembled by the Parcels Fund Committee.

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Serving Men and Women WWII
Folder One 1-91	Folder Two 101-123	Women 1-13

This has been hand coloured and is early but who, where, and when was it taken?

Holiday Fellowship 1930 at Longshaw House DBY

1932 - but who are they?

Introducing Flight-Lieut James (“Ginger”) Lacey, D.F.M., wearing the first Australian-made parachute to rech England, and a scarf autographed by 85 girl workers in the Sydney factory it came from.

Both parachute and scarf had been sent expressly for “the pilot who brought down the Heinkel which bombed Buckingham Palace.” . . . That was “Ginger.” He is 23, has shot down 24 enemy planes, we of them as a sergeant-pilot.

A newsclip undated


This Jan 1941 postcard of a Hurricane crew has signatures on the back and a note 4 DFCs, 4 DFMs & 1 Polish VC. Top left corner J H Lacey, P/O has signed - his signature is circled with a note alongside 'DFM & Bar'. [See also newclip above] Presumably at least one Rushden man will be in the group.

A group of pensioners

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