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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1904 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: John Smith of Stockton on Tees , officers' steward

Covering Dates: 1890s-1943

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Catalogue Description

John Smith was born in Glasgow on 28 June 1916. During World War 2 he served as officers' steward on HMS Pakenham, where he was wounded. He died in Stockton on Tees on 2 October 1990

Catalogue Contents

Miscellaneous documents - John Smith of Stockton on Tees, officers' steward (Ref: D/X 1904)Ref: D/X 1904/1

Certificate for wounds and hurts for John Smith, officers' steward, who lost his hearing on 16 March 1943 as a result of bombing during his service on HMS Pakenham, 18 March 1943
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1904/2

Copy postcard from Egypt with superimposed photograph of John on reverse, n.d. [c. 1941]
(1 photograph, 9 x 14 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 1904/3

Copy photograph of Mill Houses, Toft Hill, n.d. [1890s]
(1 photograph, 15 x 10 cm, black and white)



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