Examples
of the type of Archival material contained within the World War 2
Resource box are |
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Comfort Parcels
The personal effects of Private Thomas
G Moore of the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters who was severely
wounded in the attack at Campeleone Station just North of the
town of Anzio on 31 January 1944 and later died of his wounds
on 11 February 1944. He had been called up to serve in the 2nd
Battalion The Sherwood Foresters at 35 years of age. Every month
his wife sent a small comforts parcel to her hasband in the war
zone and she was preparing to send another parcel when she received
word of her husband's death, she was so shocked that the parcel
was locked away and forgotten about. Many years later, on her
death, her daughter found these items and we are indebted to her
for donating them to the Museum.
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Private Moore
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Child's Gas Mask
The School timetable of the 1940's included
the instruction for schoolchildren on how to wear gas masks, a
selection of which are included in the resource box.

Schoolchildren
learning how to wear a gas mask in 1940
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Iin 2004 pupils of QEGS Ashbourne
find out what it was like.
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Air Raid Prevention
The Air Raid Prevention (ARP) Fire Watcher's
Helmet, Whistle, First Aid Box and Hand Lamp for the blackout were
the basic tools of those volunteers who, night and day, tried to
protect the safety of their fellow citizens.
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Pupils of Nottingham High School
with ARP equipment

Pupils of Nottingham High School
viewing the items carried by Fire Watchers
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