Tuesday 13 September 2022

In the Moravan Ministry of Information.

 Inside the Moravan Ministry of Information-


File 267/K/ 723 contains the pocket book and photographs  of Brigadier Jimmy Wilkinson , who was shot on the border between Morava and Ostmerk. When he woke up in hospital he became acutely aware his briefcase and other personal items were missing. These were not returned to him before his flight back to Great Britain. They remain to this day in the Morava State Archives. Here below is a photograph of one page from the pocket book belonging to Wilkinson-


One can read a brief account of the situation in Morava in terms of Army modernisation as well as uniform information. Further excerpts to follow…

10 comments:

  1. Whoops! Should have written in code or drawn it onto a butterfly like Baden Powell. Very slapdash, Brigadier Wilkinson.
    Will two identically dressed detectives with moustaches, masters of disguises, be called to investigate?

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    1. Slapdash indeed! No doubt we will be watching the detectives one way or another…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Look at that handwriting! Chap must have been a doctor or a teacher at some stage; it may as well be in code!

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    1. Writing is badly, suspect a lazy hand had a part in it.
      Alan Tradgardland

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    1. Fascinating archive indeed.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. This is intriguing.....hmmm
    Love it things are really moving along Alan. Kind Regards Quinn

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    1. I wonder where and what next…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  5. Very interesting ... but stupid to keep it in a notebook!

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  6. Bad form indeed!
    Alan Tradgardland

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