Photo Gallery
Munich Crisis at
Bowerham Barracks, September 1938
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Motor transport being assembled on the parade ground at Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster during the Munich Crisis of September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/17
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Motor transport at Bowerham Barracks, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/19
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Trench digging on the playing fields at Bowerham. The Ashton
Memorial in Williamsons Park can just been seen in the background.
September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/18
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Trench digging at Bowerham, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/20
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Trench digging at Bowerham, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/22
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Trench digging at Bowerham, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/63
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Work on air-raid shelters, and anti-gas protection took place at Bowerham
Barracks during the Munich Crisis of September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/23
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Work on the access to a basement air raid shelter continues whilst
recruits being trained at the depot, Bowerham Barracks, standing outside
the NAFFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute) grocery store.
Accession Number KO1019/21
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Regimental Sergeant Major T Leach, Lieutenant and Quartermaster W Bell, MC
and Captain A R Aslett are inspecting defensive measures being taken at
Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster during the Munich Crisis of September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/67
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Soldiers at Bowerham Barracks being exposed to gas as part of their
training, during the Munich Crisis of September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/27
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Gas training at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/26
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Gas training at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, September 1938. The
officer is Lieutenant Dick Paton.
Accession Number KO1019/25
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Gas training at Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster, September 1938.
Accession Number KO1019/66
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