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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR CALDWELL AND THE ARMED FORCES
Catalogue reference: 879
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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR CALDWELL AND THE ARMED FORCES dating from 1926 - 1971.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 879
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Title (The name of the record)
- PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR CALDWELL AND THE ARMED FORCES
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926 - 1971
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Caldwell, Wilfred, b 1907, of Didsbury, Manchester</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 71 PHOTOGRAPHS
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Born in Salford, 1907 he joined the Manchester Regiment in 1924 to avoid being a burden on his relations. His father died in World War I and his mother was seriously mentally affected by the death of her young son, aged 5 who drowned in the dolly tub. Mr. Caldwell was a bandsman in the regiment and played the tuba. With the Regiment he went to Guernsey, India, Burma (he was in Burman during the Rebellion 1930 - 1932) and the Sudan.
He returned to Manchester at the end of 1932 and became a commissionaire with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. He married in 1933. On the outbreak of World War II he joined the Air Force for 6 years and 3 months. In the 1940s he ran an off licence in Old Trafford and then went on to own 3 pubs in the area, before retiring.
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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MR CALDWELL AND THE ARMED FORCES