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Postcard to Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour from Agence Internationale des Prisonniers de Guerre, September 6, 1918. Requests that he enclose postcard and confirm receipt of a telegram.

Photographic postcard to Lionel Cherry Gilmour ("Gilly") from George W. Pomeroy, July 1917. Sends an update on life at the Canadian Training School (CTS) in Bexhill-on-Sea, England. Postcard image features servicemen exercising.Inscription: "C.T.S,…

Photographic postcard to Lionel Cherry Gilmour, November 1, 1920. Sends Christmas and New Year wishes. Postcard image features a scene on the Waikato River, Hamilton, New Zealand.Caption: "Traffic bridge, Hamilton."

Postcard to Mrs. M. Gilmour from Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour, August 16, 1918. Notifies her that he is a prisoner of war in Karlsruhe, Germany and is safe. Requests that parcels be sent.

Photographic postcard of a prisoner-of-war camp, Karlsruhe, Germany, circa 1918.Caption: "Offizier-Gef.-Lager. Karlsruhe I. E."Typed on verso: "Verlag Fritz Albrecht, phot. Atelier, Karlsruhe, [illegible]."

Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918. Describes the circumstances of his shoot-down over France on July 31, 1918 and documents his first few weeks as a POW in various German camps, including…

Photographic group portrait of captured servicemen at Kamstigall prisoner-of-war camp, Pillau (present-day Baltiĭsk, Russia), circa December 1918. The verso inscription identifies several of the men. Inscription on verso: "A. Moore, Treherne, Man. /…

Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear at Wantage Hall, Reading, England, circa 1917. Lionel Cherry Gilmour is in the back row.Inscription on verso: "In training - England - 1917. Wantage Hall. Reading, England. First day…

Photograph of an unidentified serviceman during machine gun practice, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Machine gun practice in sighting."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War…

Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force serviceman E. H. Bullen at a prisoner-of-war camp, Karlsruhe, Germany, circa 1918.Caption: "F. Albrecht Phot. Karlsruhe, 1918."Inscription: “Sincerely, E. H. Bullen."