<div dir="ltr"><div>I spoke with the lady and gave her advice on relevant museums that might be interested in these items. </div><div><br></div><div>Colin MacGregor Stevens, CD</div><div>Retired Army Captain and retired museums Manager, Curator etc. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left">Colin MacGregor Stevens<br>Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family:Tahoma">Museum Manager & Curator (Retired)</span><br></li><li><span style="font-family:Tahoma">Writing a biographical book on "Smokey Smith, V.C."</span><br></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Tahoma"><font face="Tahoma">Collector specializing in: </font></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma">WWII Canadian special units such as: 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion; First Special Service Force ("The Devil's Brigade"); RCN Commando "W"; British Security Co-ordination (BSC); Pacific Coast Militia Rangers (PCMR); post-WWII Canadian SAS Company; and Canadians who served on WWII (e.g. on CANLOAN) in special service in British special units such as S.O.,E. (including Force 136); MI-9; Commandos; airborne units, SAS, RSR, SRU, BAAG, PPA etc. Also British Columbia Provincial Police (BCP; BCPP) </span><a href="http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net" style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net</a><br></li></ul></div><div><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><div><div> </div></div></span><div><div></div></div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 February 2015 at 11:09, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello!<br>
I received your email address via communications with the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum and the British Columbia Museums Association.<br>
They suggested that my information might be posted to see if any museum might be interested in my Dad's WWII memorabilia.<br>
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Dad was originally from Killarney, MB but trained at Jericho and was stationed back on Vancouver Island at war's end. Then after years<br>
living on the Prairies, upon his retirement he lived in Hope, BC for 20 years before moving to White Rock, BC<br>
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These are in the attached photos:<br>
~General Service and Reservist pins and ring engraved 'Tunis'<br>
~Buttons, leather suspender ends<br>
~Revolver cleaning kit - no revolver! :)<br>
~RCAF Service and Pay Book with various bits of ID etc within<br>
~Sgt stripes, cap pin insignia, brass buttons<br>
~Various Canada patches and insignia<br>
~Postings list and bit of background as written by Dad<br>
~PHOTO - likely 890 AMES group - Dad, Jarmy Richards-4th from left front row<br>
~Message from Eisenhower Nov '43, Christmas program 890 AMES (Air Ministry<br>
Experimental Station) '43<br>
~Palermo postcard photos, autograph book, miniature copy of the Rubayat of<br>
Omar Khayyam, cigarette case<br>
~Yellow lens clip-ons for night driving; two fabric rollup cases for<br>
toiletries<br>
~Map of Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia and shaving gear, mirror on left<br>
~Cap and jacket - also have 2 pair trousers and 2nd cap<br>
~battered trunk<br>
~Discharge certificates, photos of warships and of harbour landing<br>
~Postings<br>
~Cigarette cases and 'Notes' case with insignia of Margate (UK)<br>
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There is also quite a collection of postcard photos from Algiers, Tunisia,<br>
UK, Italy etc, a handful of his letters written home (some redacted),<br>
various bits of newspaper clippings from newspapers where he was posted<br>
(Salerno Times '43, Algiers Echo (en Francais)'42, Algiers Star 'n Stripes<br>
'42, etc as well as a diary he kept for a time.<br>
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Let me know if you would like any of the photos re-sent in a larger format.<br>
Thank-you very much for any assistance you might offer.<br>
<br>
best regards,<br>
Diane Richards<br>
#310-1876 West 6th Avenue<br>
Vancouver, BC V6J 1R6<br>
604-803-0516<br>
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