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. A bone china figure of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-) designed by Peggy Davies. The figure, painted in full colour, is in the full dress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet and wearing orders and decorations. It is standing, the right foot slightl
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National Maritime Museum

. A white porcelain plate, printed in the centre with a monochrome portrait of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-) in naval uniform, the image based on a photograph. The edge of the plate is gilt and it has a coloured border, decorated with roses, an
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National Maritime Museum

. Print on white paper of a black clock with silver decoration, including cherubs around the face. The clock has been 'exploded' out with diagrams of the inside mechanism. In the bottom left corner is an embossed stamp and the artist signature.
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National Maritime Museum

. Print on white paper of a clock in a case.The clock has been 'exploded' out with diagrams of the inside mechanism. In the bottom left corner is an embossed stamp and the artist signature. Print of the octagonal marine chronometer, J. Arnold.
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National Maritime Museum

. Print on white paper of a watch with a chain.The watch has been 'exploded' out with diagrams of the inside mechanism. In the bottom left corner is an embossed stamp and the artist signature. Print of the Tourbillon watch by G. Daniels.
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National Maritime Museum

Atlantic Causeway(1969); Cargo vessel; Container ship; Ro-Ro. Scale: 1:200. The model was made from drawings supplied by the shipbuilders, Swan Hunter, and naval architect, John de Caux, and supplemented by detailed photographs of the ship taken by the NM
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National Maritime Museum

Greenwich Reach. The main subject is Greenwich Power Station, with the domes of the Royal Naval College beyond, seen from the east. The small waterfront crane on the left is probably one on Enderby's Wharf, now part of the Alcatel site, where there a
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National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Box base for medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Sealed in a plastic bag.
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National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Box lid for medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Sealed in a plastic bag.
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National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Obverse: Bust of Nelson in uniform wearing a cocked hat bearing the Chelengk plume. (Right) signature of
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National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Mount for medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and Trafalgar. Sealed in a plastic bag.
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National Maritime Museum

Pair of shoulder straps, Royal Naval Reserve. Pair of Surgeon L/Cdr's RNR shoulder straps. .
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National Maritime Museum

Pair of shoulder straps, Royal Naval Reserve. Pair of Surgeon Lt (D) RNR shoulder straps
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National Maritime Museum

Shoulder strap, Royal Naval Reserve. Shoulder straps. Surgeon L/Cdr RNR.
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National Maritime Museum

Shoulder strap, Royal Naval Reserve. Shoulder straps. Surgeon L/Cdr RNR.
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National Maritime Museum

Shoulder strap, Royal Naval Reserve. Shoulder straps. Surgeon Lt (D) RNR.
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National Maritime Museum

Shoulder strap, Royal Naval Reserve. Shoulder straps. Surgeon Lt (D) RNR.
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National Maritime Museum

SR-120. Gyrocompasses were first successfully developed at the beginning of the 20th century as a solution to the problems of magnetic variation and deviation that are inherent in magnetic compasses. They use the properties of spinning gyroscopes which ke
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National Maritime Museum

Lieutenant Gordon Charles Steele VC , HM Submarines, Q Ships, HM CMB No 88
Died 4 January 1981
Lives of the First World War

John Finlay Chambers 25541,
Died 12 January 1981
Lives of the First World War

Captain Maurice Baker. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 victory on 12 May 1944. ETD.
Died 12 January 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Woodrow Wiggins. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 14 January 1981
American Air Museum

Major Arnold Horace Santo Waters VC , Royal Engineers
Died 22 January 1981
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Reba Tobiason nee Whittle. Flight Nurse, . Assigned to 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron, IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command, 9AF. Flew over 500hrs on 40 missions between Jan-44 to Sept-44. Failed to return from casualt
Died 26 January 1981
American Air Museum

Private Roy KLINZING 474027,
Died 26 January 1981
Lives of the First World War

Captain John Henry Parsons , 7th Hariana Lancers
Died 2 February 1981
Lives of the First World War

Private Patrick Joseph Kennedy MM 10826, 18th Manchester Regiment
Died 15 February 1981
Lives of the First World War

David Garnett ,
Died 17 February 1981
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Thomas Redick. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 February 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Novell. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 February 1981
American Air Museum

Commander Arthur Guy Dennis Bagot ,
Died 24 February 1981
Lives of the First World War

Master Sergeant Haskell Barker . 305th Bombardment Group ground crew, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Haskell Barker and his crew of the 305th Bomb Group, inspect Martini's B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Dry Martini" and the Cocktail Kids. Bar
Died 5 March 1981
American Air Museum

Captain Peter Huggard. , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 March 1981
American Air Museum

Driver Enid Bagnold 373, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps
Died 31 March 1981
Lives of the First World War

Private Douglas Victor Evershed 1264, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Died 4 April 1981
Lives of the First World War

John Ramsell Lawrence 163954,
Died 13 April 1981
Lives of the First World War

Reverend John Kenneth Best , Royal Army Chaplains Department
Died 19 April 1981
Lives of the First World War

First Lieutenant Gilbert Scott. Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 May 1981
American Air Museum

Sergeant Barney Fisher. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 May 1981
American Air Museum

Corporal Horace John Waters , Royal Air Force
Died 24 May 1981
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Strickland. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Failed check ride in Curtiss Jenny and washed out of AAC flying program 3-1925, approached British embassy to fly for RAF 1940, contacted Knight committee 1940, service pilot training in US,
Died 25 May 1981
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Alexander Kramarinko. Co-Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. On 6-September-1942 while serving as Co-Pilot of B-17 41-24516 'Meltin' Pot' the aircraft lost 2 engines off Londonderry after flight from Newfoundland. Landed
Died 26 May 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Harvey Nielsen. Top Turret Gunner and Assistant Flight Engineer, 453rd Bomb Group. Apparently a happy-go-lucky character. "We had a gunner named Harvey Nielsen, he had a fixation on monkeys. He bought his first one in South America and
Died 7 June 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Leonard Frank Harding 461342, 2/3 Wessex Field Ambulance
Died 13 June 1981
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Edgar Burton. Navigator, 446th Bomb Group. Flew 25 missions, ending just before D-Day. Flew on D Day just to see it. According to him, he never saw a German fighter but did see lots of flak.
Died 27 June 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Earl Wheless. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. At some point Wheless was replaced on the crew by William C. Vanzytfield. As Vanzyfield is listed in the booklet "Officers of Attlebridge" and Wheless is not, it is uncertain
Died 1 July 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Walter Gasser. Top Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 31 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29635 'Augerhead'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Died 27 July 1981
American Air Museum

Staff Sergeant Harold Sheets. Waist Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. Managed to evade capture. Helped by the Belgian evasion network “Comete&rd
Died 1 August 1981
American Air Museum

Private Victor Stanley Hall 138805, Machine Gun Corps
Died 6 August 1981
Lives of the First World War

Major Charles Edmund Ryan MC MID , Royal Field Artillery, 67th Brigade
Died 10 August 1981
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Septimus Harvey , Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 August 1981
Lives of the First World War

Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm, MM , British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Died 22 August 1981
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Alexander Raban Waugh , Machine Gun Corps
Died 3 September 1981
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Jack Oberhansly. Group commander, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Colonel Jack Oberhansly, from Spanish Fork, Utah, was commissioned and received his wings on 12 December 1941 at Luke Field, Phoenix Arizona. He joined the 14th Pursuit Group,
Died 6 September 1981
American Air Museum

Flight Officer William Nichols. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU training, assigned to 71S, FTR 7-9-41, POW.
Died 10 September 1981
American Air Museum

Private Harry George Bailey 25753 0485, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 17 September 1981
Lives of the First World War

Private Vincent Emanuel Pascual L927, Kimberley Regiment
Died 3 October 1981
Lives of the First World War

Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Edward Tokarsky. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 October 1981
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Sanders. Flight Engineer, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 8 October 1981
American Air Museum

Chauffeur Beryl Butterworth Hutchinson , First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Died 6 November 1981
Lives of the First World War

Technical Sergeant Donald Vorisek. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, Andrew Boles Crew. 15 combat missions. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #
Died 6 November 1981
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Lionel Frederick Heald , 528 Field Company, RE
Died 8 November 1981
Lives of the First World War

Corporal John Nunn, M.M. 26156, 17th New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
Died 13 November 1981
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant George Owen. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. ETO Ribbon, Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Distinguished Flying Cross
Died 21 November 1981
American Air Museum

Kitchen Maid Clara Eva Vickery, later Burford , Voluntary Aid Detatchment
Died 23 November 1981
Lives of the First World War

Captain Raymond McKeeby. Flight Surgeon, 448th Bomb Group. Flew on 4 D-Day missions.
Died 9 December 1981
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Edwin Grant. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 13 missions. Instructor pilot in B-24 41-28718 on mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine kn
Died 9 December 1981
American Air Museum

Private Sydney Arthur Watts 524086, Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment
Died 19 December 1981
Lives of the First World War

Rupert Henry Cartwright ,
Died 21 December 1981
Lives of the First World War