1940 bundle

Scope and Content

1. War office temporary pass, January 1940

2. RAF identity card with picture, stamps and details

3. Letter of congratulations, July 1940. from ?i?

4. June 1940 letter of approval to RAF as pilot officer. details of uniform etc. From Rh?? Jones at the Air Ministry.

5. Feb 1940. Letter recommending the Marquis to the RAF from Howard Kent (Major), Equerry to H.R.H the Duke of Gloucester.

6. A typewritten list of the Marquis' own achievements, connections and experience/ a CV. A lot on family connections and who he knows

7. A letter to the recruiting board recommending the Marquis from Nigel Battine

8. letter of recommendation from the war office to the recruiting board at Balliol. Feb 1940

9. letter to the Marquis from someone at the war office. Sept 1939

10. Dock permit from Cardiff Docks, 1942?

11. Booklet titled 'Marty L'Africain' detailing the movements and quotes of french communist André Marty in Africa. In french

12. Booklet titled 'Mon Allie Staline, Ce qu'en pense WINSTON CHURCHILL' full of quotations from Churchill in French

13. Marquis de Amodio's 1940 Christmas card with Army photo and printed message

14. Letter and envelope to the Marquis from the Belgian Embassy, letter is one of recommendation written by Jean Nieuwenhuys

15. 1940 letter to the Marquis from Barbara Moray