| Accession Number | P04310.024 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Hampshire |
| Date made | 12 August 1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of members of the Newman family and a number of airmen at the Mile Stone. The ...
Description
Group portrait of members of the Newman family and a number of airmen at the Mile Stone. The Newman family opened their home and provided hospitality to hundreds of airmen from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Poland between August 1941 and 1945. This was part of a voluntary organisation known as the Lady Ryder Hospitality Scheme, set up to ensure that hospitality was provided for airmen arriving in Britain after graduating from the Empire Air Training Scheme. Identified are: Frank Tibby, of Tokirima, New Zealand (standing, left); 431941 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Lindsay James McLeod (standing, right); Doris (surname unknown) (seated, left); William (Bill) Newman (seated, second from left); Mrs Ethel Newman (seated, third from left). The two other airmen are Edmund Robertson, of Auckland, New Zealand, and 431488 Flt Sgt Murray Alexander Chalmers, 100 Squadron, RAF. Flt Sgt Chalmers, of Glenhuntley, Vic, enlisted in Melbourne, Vic, on 15 July 1943 and was accidentally killed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 1945.