World War II

"H.M.S. Poole" officers

Museum Ref No: F2d_0005
Group of seven officers from "H.M.S Poole" on board ship; World War Two, 1939-1945
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"HMS Poole"

Museum Ref No: F4c_0031, F4c_0031a
"HMS Poole", a J class minesweeper, number J.147, in the Solent, possibly near Arne. Served throughout WW2.
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Arnold, Lt. A.S. Arnold

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. A.S. Arnold, O.C. 14 Pl., C.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Bance, Lt. H.W. Bance

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. H.W. Bance, O.C. 16 Pl., C.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Barrage balloons

Museum Ref No: G10_0002
Barrage balloons 1940; taken from Quay near old fishmarket. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Bickerstaff, 2nd Lt. D.A. Bickerstaff

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
2nd Lt. D.A. Bickerstaff, D.C.M., C.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Boyle, Lt. D.W. Boyle

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. D.W. Boyle, J.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Brixey, Lt. A.G. Brixey

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. A.G. Brixey, O.C. 13 Pl., C. Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Brown, 2nd Lt. D. Brown

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
2nd Lt. D. Brown, D.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Building air raid shelters.

Museum Ref No: B6a_0161
Workers digging in preparation for the building of air raid shelters in Poole Park.
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