An acquisition by the Imperial War Museum
Ron has donated his war diary to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London. This will now be a primary source of value for future reasearchers. This letter from Dr Simon Robbins, the IWM archivist, says it all:
It also scotches the circulating rumours that Ron was bribed to 'donate' his diary by the gift of a Jeep, despite a recent IWM photo to the contrary
Personally I'm keeping an open mind.
It also scotches the circulating rumours that Ron was bribed to 'donate' his diary by the gift of a Jeep, despite a recent IWM photo to the contrary
Personally I'm keeping an open mind.
posted by Peter G at 5:43 pm
2 Comments:
I THINK YOU MAY BE RIGHT PETER THAT JEEP PHOTO LOOKS A BIT DODGY.
BOABBIE.BOB
Very generous, Ron. These are the sort of itmes that are like gold dust. It will make a fine addition to the IWM archives in years to come.
I have previously donated some WW2 material (and indeed documents / medals etc from other periods) to different museums / archives on behalf of relatives or family friends.
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