Content Description

Comprises two photograph albums, loose photographs and a scrapbook covering Tufnell's military career, scenes of Australia, participation in theatrical performances, training at Sandhurst and travels to Suez Canal, Malta, Fiji, India, England, and the Queen's Royal Regiment more generally.

Scope and Contents Copies of original letters from Terry to his "very, very dearest" Cynthia, which are often incredibly romantic but contain much information and details about life as an RAF cadet in Cambridge and (social) life more generally at Downing College during the Second World War. His first letters from Downing in November 1942 describe a dance with girls from Homerton College, rowing with the Downing College Boat Club, military training and exams (on a Sunday as the 'Varsity sports' were on the...