Wednesday 18 February 2015

WW2 enquiry from the University of Huddersfield

Jean Fortune has also passed on this request sent on behalf of Dr Janette Martin
 
I would be grateful if you could circulate this request to your members thanks very much Janette ‘Mixing it’ project Did a member of your family fight alongside the British in the Second World War or arrive as a war worker, prisoner of war or refugee? A research project at the University of Huddersfield is recording the histories of the different national groups which spent time in the North of England during World War II as part of a project investigating the diversity of Britain’s war time population. We are hoping to interview ex-service personnel, war workers and refugees but, as most are very elderly, we are also interested in speaking with their descendants. Besides recording memories and family stories the project team is looking for photographs, diaries and memorabilia. Information gathered by this project will feed into an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North which opens in September 2015. If you can help we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Janette Martin, j.martin@hud.ac.uk, Tel. 01484 472452 or write to: Dr Janette Martin, ‘Mixing It’ project, History Department, School of Music, Humanities and Media, Queensgate, University of Huddersfield, HD1 3DH.

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