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• Harris, Walter 'Wally (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2000

  British NCO served with Light Aid Detachment, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached to 168 Bde in GB, 1939-1941; served with LAD, RAOC/Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attached to 90th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in GB, Iraq, Egypt and Sicily in GB...

• AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  British Land Army girls and members of the Women's Royal Air Force (WAAF) dance with men of the US Eighth Army Air Force in Suffolk during 1943.

• Dodd, Lionel Cyril Henry (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1998

  British NCO served with 2/7th Bn, Royal West Surrey Regt in GB, Iraq and North Africa, 1940-1943; served as officer with Mortar Platoon, Support Coy, 16th Durham Light Infantry in Middle East, Italy, Greece and Austria, 1944-1946; served with 2/5th Bn,...

• Chapman, Harry (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2004-07

  British NCO served with with 9th Bn, Manchester Regt in GB, North West Europe, Iceland, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece and Austria, 1930-1945

• THE HARVEST SHALL COME [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Imperial Chemical Industries (Production sponsor) 1942

  A film that calls upon the British people to maintain their wartime commitment to agriculture and the prosperity and well-being of everyone who works on the land after the war by telling the story of Tom Grimwood, an ordinary Suffolk farm labourer...

• SPRING OFFENSIVE [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Cameron, Ken (Production individual) 1940-10

  A Suffolk example shows how the Government used County Committees to coordinate farmers, and to organise the ploughing of maximum acreage to ease the wartime food situation.

• Gentleman, David William (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2008-07-03

  British civilian artist and anti-war activist in GB, 1960s-2008 including design work with Stop the War Coalition, 2001-2008

• TOPICAL BUDGET 258-2 [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Topical Film Company (Production company) 1916-08-05

  I. Brondesbury Hospital cricket match.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  'Gun houses' under construction at Kessingland in Suffolk, 8 August 1941. Designed to look like holiday camp buildings they were used to camouflage coastal gun batteries.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Matilda and Valentine tanks of 6th Armoured Division stage a march past in front of the King and the Duke of Gloucester, near Brandon in Suffolk, 12 September 1941.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  15-cwt trucks, carriers and motorcycles of a motor battalion in 6th Armoured Division, lined up for an inspection by the King near Brandon in Suffolk, 12 September 1941.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Valentine tanks of the 17th/21st Lancers, 6th Armoured Division, lined up for an inspection by the King near Brandon in Suffolk, 12 September 1941.

• Stanley, Vera (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-02

  British civilian worked with Women's Land Army Timber Corps in Suffolk and Wales, 1942-1946

• Elliott, David Scotchford (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1995

  British stretcher bearer served with 141st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps in GB, France and Belgium, 1939-1940. Present at evacuation of Dunkirk 1940. Served as officer with 107th Regt, Royal Artillery in North Africa 1942; served with 107...

• Swann, Irene 'Bunny' (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1990-02-01

  British civilian student in GB, 1914-1919; civilian living in London, 1939-1945

• recording

  (sound) Made by: Davies, Peter N (Production company) 1975-10

  British Territorial officer served with 87th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in GB 1938-1940. Adjutant of 1st Indian Anti-Aircraft Regt in India and Singapore 1941-1942; captured in Singapore 15/2/1942 . POW of Japanese in Singapore and Thailand 2/1942-8/...

• Letter from a widow living in north England, August 1940

  (private papers)

  Ms letter (4pp) from a Mrs Maude Beyler to the Household Committee of Westfield College, London (August 1940) thanking them for their kind expressions of concern following the death of her husband and her necessitous removal from London, where she...

• zeppelin, L48, fragment of

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Brought down in Suffolk 2.30a.m. Sunday 17th June 1917.

• THREE GORDON HIGHLANDERS OFF DUTY IN EAST ANGLIA [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Connolly, J R (Production individual) 1944-04-29

  Three soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders (51st Highland Division) off duty in East Anglia; they visit a small village, enjoy a pint of beer and chat with some local girls.

• recording

  (sound) Made by: BROM (Production company) 1997

  British civilian served with Home Guard and Auxiliary Units in Suffolk, GB, 1940-1944

• recording

  (sound) Made by: Chaplin, Ray (Production company) 2006

  British civilian served with Auxiliary Units in Suffolk, GB during Second World War

• recording

  (sound) Made by: Chaplin, Ray (Production company) 2006

  British civilian farmers in Suffolk, 1939-1945