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  • Collection: Living Sites

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Notes: Chairs in front of huts/temporary bricks for lounging in better weather. Chimneys for coal stoves in the buildings.

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Notes: One man sewing button on uniform. Other trying to wash something in a bucket. Not lots of extra space. Kept shoes on. Not homey. Concrete floors very cold. Just tin can separating you from outside.

1st Lt. Frederick H Palmer on Bike at Shipdham, Navigator, KIA January 8, 1943 from Winger Crew_1.jpeg
He was a Navigator, KIA January 8, 1943 from Winger Crew

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Living sites weren’t super welcoming. Lots of dirt. Looks like Nissen Huts just placed on farmland, which was true. Looks very dreary.

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Living sites weren’t super welcoming. Lots of dirt. Looks like Nissen Huts just placed on farmland, which was true. Looks very dreary.

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