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Dr William Spencer

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Author on military records in The National Archives. Interested in the archival evidence of war, veterans and memory. Falklands veteran. Graduate of @UofGlasgow

North West, England
Joined March 2017
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@AndrewKenyon6 @JaneFranklin99 Woof woof. Time for walkies!!!
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@herdyshepherd1 A wood fired tractor!
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@AndrewKenyon6 @Tigga594 Oi you!
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@jockywilson99 @apg1916 Still with the MOD I believe.
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RT @CLangridgeWrite: Sunday evening is the perfect time to settle down with a new read. You could try The Mandeville Curse … 1930s ✔️ Upst…
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@Tigga594 @AndrewKenyon6 Strange looking flagpole!
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@AndrewKenyon6 @Tigga594 6 of the 28 Op Corporate Sea Harriers are preserved, including XZ499, the aircraft on the right of this pic. The pic was taken by me on HMS Hermes sometime after 28 May. I was in San Carlos for the previous week!!!!!!
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@AndrewKenyon6 The Lynx is a 1982 cab.
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@AndrewKenyon6 Yup.
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@GregMerseyexile @AndrewKenyon6 Should be mansize!!
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@SommePhantom I don't care!!!
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@ProfTonyPollard What's the view like? Was it still dry inside?
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@TheWFA @CWGC The link does not work.
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@hrcastor @RoyalNavyHub A parchment!
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@SommePhantom We can't answer for WO clerks!
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@SilenceInPolish One of those mitre be picked!
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@SommePhantom If the improved catalogue entries in WO 339 and WO 374 were based on the data on the original War Office file covers, any errors are not necessarily the fault of the team who did the catalogue improvement. Adding the Regt/Corps to 237k file description was a vast improvement.
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