Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X902/4/3/1
  • Title
    Scrapbook kept by Douglas Mortimer.
  • Date free text
    1940s -2005
  • Production date
    From: 1940 To: 2005
  • Scope and Content
    Scrapbook kept by Burma Star Association Standard Bearer Douglas Mortimer. Includes: Winter 2006 copy of Dekho!; Brief History of the Association; Colour photograph of Douglas Mortimer with the Standard at St Peters Church, Bedford 11th Nov 2001; colour photocopies of members at Russell Park commemoration 1998 and Captain R Vincent CBE with Lady Countess Mountbatten of Burma in Sept 1998; Colour photo of Golden Jubilee Parade at Bedford 2002 (photographer Bedfordshire Newspapers Limited); colour photo of Viscount Slim OBE and Captain P A Vincent (photographer Chris Christodoulou, Twickenham) Sep 2003; order of service for Burma Star national Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire 20 May 2004; colour photographs of volunteers and window display of Royal British Legion Poppy Shop, Bedford; three colour photocopies of photos of Remembrance Day parade, Bedford 9 Nov 2004 including photo of John (Jack) Crawley, founder member of Bedford BSA; copy black and white photos of Chindits, Burma 1943 – 1944; one photo and two colour photocopies of Douglas Mortimer as Standard Bearer in parade at RAF Chicksands 10 July 2005; 4 colour photos of Bedford VJ Day Parade 2005; colour photo of the Burma Star Association memorial book at St Peters Church, Bedford; 9 laminated colour photos and one photocopy of Bedford Museum World War II commemoration, with newspaper cutting (2005); colour photo of BSA members at Haynes 21 Sept 2005; colour photocopy of Douglas Mortimer at the Bedford Remembrance Day Service Nov 2006; Order of Service for Bedford BSA commemoration and thanksgiving 17 July 2005 St Pauls Church, Bedford.
  • Level of description
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