
121. Denis Smy a Profile, by Godfrey Thomas.
Denis was a Flight Sergeant in the RAF in WW2.
From Mersea Life October 2018, Local page 192. Date: October 2018 Image ID ML2018_010_L92 |

122. Denis Smy a Profile, by Godfrey Thomas, contd.
Denis was a Flight Sergeant in the RAF in WW2.
From Mersea Life October 2018, Local page 193. Date: October 2018 Image ID ML2018_010_L93 |

123. Ration Book Supplement for Barbara Maude Mears, The Ivy House, East Mersea - Page 1 Date: 7 July 1941 Image ID MM2013_MEA_RTN_001 |

124. Ration Book Supplement for Barbara Mears - Page 6 Date: 7 July 1941 Image ID MM2013_MEA_RTN_006 |

125. Minesweeper BYMS20, artist Commander S.W. Hills. Acrylic 13cm x 23.5cm Framed under glass, good condition.
Built as BYMS-20 by Bellingham Iron Works, ... Date: c1943 Image ID MMA_9413 |

126. Naval Message to Commanding Officer, EXPRESS, Fishing Smack No. CK231, to sail for Ramsgate 31st May 1940, taking a full supply of fuel and two days' ... Date: 30 May 1940 Image ID MMC_0275 |

127. Air Raid Precautions. Notice to Mersea Men aged about 35 and over. YOU ARE WANTED to enrol for voluntary training and work with The Air Raid Precautions ... Date: c1940 Image ID MMC_2006_08_008_A |

128. Looking across St. Peter's Meadow to the beach and fisherman's hard, from Coast Road. Hove Creek comes in bottom right. There is a line of barbed wire just ... Date: c1943 Image ID MMC_P452 |
![129. ID MMC_P668_001 Peldon Home Guard photographed outside the Peldon Rose.
No.3 (Peldon) Platoon - D Coy. - 18th. BN. Essex Home Guard
June 1940 - December ... 129. ID MMC_P668_001 Peldon Home Guard photographed outside the Peldon Rose.
No.3 (Peldon) Platoon - D Coy. - 18th. BN. Essex Home Guard
June 1940 - December ...
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129. Peldon Home Guard photographed outside the Peldon Rose.
No.3 (Peldon) Platoon - D Coy. - 18th. BN. Essex Home Guard
June 1940 - December ... Date: cDecember 1944 Image ID MMC_P668_001 |

130. Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537. Managing Director Mr Buckingham is standing extreme right, next to Rowhedge manager Frank Butcher. [Rowhedge ... Date: 1941 Image ID MMC_P668_004 |

131. WW2 shipyard launch party at Wivenhoe. Date: c1942 Image ID MMC_P668_005 |
![132. ID MMC_P668_006 Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ] 132. ID MMC_P668_006 Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ]
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132. Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ] Date: 1941 Image ID MMC_P668_006 |
![133. ID MMC_P668_007 Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ] 133. ID MMC_P668_007 Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ]
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133. Wivenhoe Shipyard - launch of minesweeper J537.
This was MMS37, completed 18 August 1941 for the Royal Navy, Yard Number 15 [ John Collins ] Date: 1941 Image ID MMC_P668_007 |

134. Minesweeper Launching at Wivenhoe Shipyard.
L-R Leonard Archer ?, unknown lady, Agnes Mary Pullen, Mildred Lait (with parasol - Diane Stoker's Aunt), ... Date: c1941 Image ID MMC_P668_013 |

135. Wartime ship launch at Wivenhoe ? Unidentified. Image ID MMC_P668_018 |

136. Ship launch, probably a wooden minesweeper at Wivenhoe, and either MMS113, MMS114 or MMS115.
There is what looks like a Japanese flag as part of the ... Date: c1942 Image ID MMC_P668_029 |
![137. ID MMC_P788_A West Mersea St. John Ambulance Brigade Ladies - 1939/45 War.
Back row L-R 1. Miss Pat Catchpole [Catchie], 2. Miss Barbara Shiels, 3. Miss Muriel Mills, 4. ... 137. ID MMC_P788_A West Mersea St. John Ambulance Brigade Ladies - 1939/45 War.
Back row L-R 1. Miss Pat Catchpole [Catchie], 2. Miss Barbara Shiels, 3. Miss Muriel Mills, 4. ...
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137. West Mersea St. John Ambulance Brigade Ladies - 1939/45 War.
Back row L-R 1. Miss Pat Catchpole [Catchie], 2. Miss Barbara Shiels, 3. Miss Muriel Mills, 4. ... Date: c1945 Image ID MMC_P788_A |

138. I Remember - wartime poem by Dr Jean Hudson.
I remember, I remember, the Mersea ARP.
When we waited at the 'Ready'
Cheered by frequent cups ... Date: October 1988 Image ID MMC_P788_D_001 |

139. I Remember - a wartime poem by Dr Jean Hudson - Page 2.
...
I remember, I remember, how all our tasks were planned
By the General at Woodstock, ... Date: October 1988 Image ID MMC_P788_D_003 |

140. Ron Pottinger in front of a Hawker Typhoon at Manston in Kent. In March 1944 he was pilot of Typhoon R8895 which crashed in the River Blackwater. Date: 1943 Image ID MPO_001 |

141. Ron Pottinger, age 101. Christmas Day 2020. Ron was the pilot of the Typhoon aircraft that crashed in the River Blackwater March 1944. Date: 25 December 2020 Image ID MPO_003 |

142. Typhoon R8895 from Bradwell Bay ditching in River Blackwater - Ron Pottinger's diary. Page 1.
All pages are available in the Museum. They have been ... Date: 22 March 1944 Image ID MPO_011_001 |

143. A View From The Office, by R.W. Pottinger.
A personal story from the Second World War by Ron Pottinger [who amongst his adventures was having to ditch in a ... Date: 2004 Image ID MPO_BK1_001 |

144. Alfred Tilley Prisoner of War 1940 to 1945.
Stalag X R Ilag, Germany. A Merry Christmas. Date: December 1941 Image ID MST_ALT_005 |

145. c1944-45. The making of pontoon floats at Clifford White's old workshops, situated in Kingsland Road, West Mersea. The staff pictured came from Gowens the ... Date: c1945 Image ID MST_MIS_133 |

146. Members of the Royal Observer Corps on the church wall.
L-R Ernie Woods, Sid Stoker, Jack Mole, Dick Haward and Richard Haward (not a ... Date: c1949 Image ID MST_MIS_193 |

147. Parade on Wings for Victory Week on 25th May 1943 Note by David Mussett : John is on photo on the left near bugler.
... Date: 25 May 1943 Image ID MST_MIS_261 |

148. School Air Raid Shelters demolished 10 April 2007. Lots of memories went with these buildings! O.M. Fletcher photo.
The shelters were behind the Legion ... Date: 10 April 2007 Image ID MST_MIS_319 |

149. Ian Michell 1927-1945. Air Training Corps.
Son of Mary and Victor Michell. Image ID NHP_011 |

150. John Hamilton-Peters and fellow officers at West Mersea. The house is thought to be Cranbrook, now No. 70 Coast Road.
John was stationed in Mersea during ... Date: c1944 Image ID NHP_019 |