Letters to Phyllis Douglas from friends re Lt Douglas as POW

16 letters to Phyllis Douglas: wife of Lt Ian Douglas who was taken POW at Regalbuto, Sicily and remained in POW camps until the end of the war. Letters from: Lt Norm Bell, 48th (11 Nov 44 x 2); – From overseas. One Christmas Greetings single page/cartoon; one Air Letter Lt R J Hunter, Irish […]

Lt Ian Douglas – personal letters to wife Phyllis

One hundred and eighty-one letters from Lt Ian Douglas (and others) to his wife, Phyllis, from December 1942 to end of May 1945. The letters were grouped by the location/activity of Lt Douglas from the time he left Canada to his return. On board ship to England – 16 letters: 1942 -Dec ?, ?, 3,  […]

“A Wartime Log” (No. 2) – book of Lt Ian Douglas when POW

Hard cover book in khaki cloth, 18 cm by 24.2 cm and 2 cm thick. Cover has red maple leaf in centre and below “A WARTIME LOG”. Inside a Frontispiece page with “A Wartime Log, A remembrance from home though the Canadian Y.M.C.A.” in green type surrounded by a red border. This is the second […]

“A Wartime Log” kept by Lt Ian Douglas, when POW

Book Kept by Lt Ian Douglas, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada during his period as a POW at Oflag VA in Weinsberg, Germany. The book has a cloth hard cover in olive green, 17.3cm by 12cm and 2cm thick. On the front cover in red printing is “A Wartime Log” with a lion passant, […]

British Home Child Medallion – Pte. Thomas Moore

Bronze-coloured circle medal with the inscription “BRITISH HOME CHILD” around the edge of medal, with a smaller circle inside, and an engraved image in the middle of the medal with a flag of the United Kingdom on the left half and a maple leaf with a silhouette of a child’s head and shoulders on the […]