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[Postcard to Mrs. M. Gilmour from Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour, August 16, 1918] (Item)

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.

[Account notes for Lionel Cherry Gilmour, written while he was a prisoner of war in Germany, circa 1918] (Item)

Account notes for Lionel Cherry Gilmour, written while he was a prisoner of war in Germany, circa 1918. One handwritten page.

[Postcard to Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour from Agence Internationale des Prisonniers de Guerre, November 14, 1918] (Item)

Postcard to Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour from Agence Internationale des Prisonniers de Guerre, November 14, 1918. Notifies Gilmour that his message has been wired to the address provided.

[Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear] (Item)

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 of issue of flying equipment. As yet had only seen a plane and that was in the sky. L. C. Gilmour middle man in back row.”

[Lieutenant Calthorpe pretending to hold Lionel Cherry Gilmour at gunpoint] (Item)

Photograph of Lieutenant Calthorpe pretending to hold Lionel Cherry Gilmour at gunpoint, circa 1917-1918. Inscription on verso: "'Kamerad.' Lt. Calthorpe, machine gun officer, and myself (L. C. Gilmour). Note: Oct 1967. This officer was an Englishman."

[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.