More Info →"Impressive Ceremony Commemorated Battle of Britain"

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 September, 1959. "Pictured are some of the 14 persons who laid wreaths at the commemoration ceremony of the Battle of Britain yesterday in Palmerston North. From left: Air Force Association, Mr T. H Davidson; Brevet Club, Mr S. R. Carleton; Air League, Mr J. B. Smillie; R.S.A., Mr H. S. Sivyer; St. John Ambulance, Mr K. Harris; Home Servicemen's Association, Mr C. B. Parlane; Ex-Royal Navalmen's Association, Mr M. Calvert; South African War Veterans' Association, Major J. T. Bosworth (supported); Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Mr G. H. Kitto; Royal Society of St. George, Mr P. Snoxell; Legion of Frontiersmen, Mr A. E. Haines." Another photo associated with this article was published on the same day.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

September 21, 1959

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_015306

Format

B&W negative