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[Servicemen in outdoor pool] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen in an outdoor pool, France, May 1918.Inscription on verso: "Our plunge bath. France, May 1918."Inscription on album page: "Our morning dip."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

[Servicemen looking at wrecked Sopwith Camel aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen looking at a wrecked Sopwith Camel aircraft, Cerny, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Serny [Cerny], France - Landing after dark - upside down in a ploughed field. L. C. [Gilmour]."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

[Serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour on horse] (Item)

Photograph of Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour on a horse, Cerny, France, June 1918.Inscription on verso: "L. C. Gilmour R.A.F. Taken at Serny [Cerny], France - June 1918."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

[Eric G. Peter's room while serving in France] (Item)

Photograph of Eric G. Peter's room while serving in France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "The corner of my room while at [illegible]."

[Serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour on horse] (Item)

Photograph of Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour on a horse, Cerny, France, June 1918.Inscription on verso: "K.H. 39."

[Lieutenants Howell, Whiteman, and Johns in outdoor swimming pool] (Item)

Photograph of Lieutenants Howell, Whiteman, and Johns, Royal Air Force, in an outdoor swimming pool, Cerny, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "'Our plunge.' Lt. Howell, Lt. Whiteman (Wightman?), Lt. Johns. Last named killed in a crash. Serny [Cerny], France, 1918."

[Damaged Airspeed Horsa Mk.I gliders, Normandy, France] (Item)

Aerial photograph of damaged Royal Air Force Airspeed Horsa Mk.I gliders, Normandy, France, circa 1944-1945. Typed caption: "British 'Horsa' troop gliders - Normandy."

[Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918] (Item)

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 the camp at Karlsruhe, Germany. 37 handwritten pages.