Douglas Harpin's Letters, Photographs and Postcards

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posted on 2024-06-05, 17:17 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Douglas Harpin - went over to France with the Expeditionary Force in 1940. Purposely left behind after Dunkirk to keep an army in France. A few weeks after this they were captured by Rommel and were in a Prisoner of War Camp for the next five years.

History

Item list and details

1. Photos. 2. Theatre programmes. 3. Diary entries. 4. Red Cross parcel contents list.

Person the story/items relate to

Douglas Harpin

Person who shared the story/items

Anon

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Douglas Harpin is the father of the contributor.

Type of submission

Shared at Halifax Central Library and Archives, West Yorkshire on 4 December 2023.

Record ID

110480 | HAL001

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Licence

CC BY 4.0