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Newspaper cuttings relating to WW1 & WW2 :1. 1934 : Unknown Publication : Drumhead Service & Legion of Honour unveiled, photographs with names of dignitaries2. Photocopy of undated article (newspaper not known) about three deep air-raid…

Letter to Ann Hearle 2007 with memories of WW2 activities in and around Marple including Home Guards, patrols, and decoy town.

Photocopies of four colour photographs from 2013 showing second world war air raid shelters at St Martins, Brabyns Brow, (to the rear of the Parish Centre)

Booklet entitled " Mellor Remembers .." documenting the 3l men of Mellor listed on the Mellor War Memorial who lost their lives in WW1.Men commemorated are :Cyril Atkinson, Paul Brachi, Albert Bradley,Ernest Brough, Joseph Brough, Frank Burderkin,…

Photocopy of tribute certificate from Marple Urban District Council, District War Committee, on behalf of the inhabitants of Marple giving appreciation of the heroic sacrifice made by their family member.This particular example is for the family of…

Two black and white Rolls of Honour listing the names of men who worked at the Goyt Spinning Co Limited and Hollins Mill Co Limited and lost their lives during WW1.The Goyt Spinning Co. Ltd.Pvt John Archer, Pvt Joseph Ardern, Pvt Fred Atkinson, Pvt…

a. Laminated A4 Poster advertising Exhibition at Marple Library on the 14th - 27th November 1999. "Remembered - Marple Men who fell in The Great War" .b. Newspaper cuttings relating to this exhibitionand to the book 'Remembered' written by Peter…

Photocopy of black and white photograph of six young men outside the Brickbridge entrance to All Saint's Church with writing on the left hand side stating "The Silent Six".
Photograph on Virtual Tour.
Typed text explains the story of these young…

Newspaper cuttings relating to Forces Personnel from Marple including :2001 - James Freeman : WW2 Soldier who wrote book "To Alamein and Back" recounting his military experiences from 1940 onwards;2004 - Chris Finney : received George Cross for…

Photocopy and typed transcript of a newspaper cutting from 1914. It describes the detention of a German civilian, who had been resident and working as a baker in Marple for several years previously. He was taken to Queensferry Detention Camp near…

Fifty one page Thesis enitled "Peoples War : A Case study of Stockport and the Home Front" by Joseph Henderson who attended the Archive in 2022 .
(printed in small text : copy of original thesis on USB stick in Audio / Visual drawer.
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Original handwritten letter from Great Central Railway to Mr R. Burdass 2.2.1917 confirming completion of application for an Army Commission.

Further research by Hilary Atkinson confirms that Robert Burdass was Railway Clerk who moved to Marple…

Original copy of a message sent to school children to celebrate victory by the Allied Nations 8th June 1946.
Reverse has important war dates from 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and ending on 5th September 1945 when British Forces re-entered…