1st. Batt. Queen's Own Royal West Kents… 1954

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Malaya.

Documentation refers to various people Ken Nidson of Hendon, Dick Barden of Bexleyheath, Tom Moore of Eltham, Mike Bishop of Tunbridge, Harry Cole, Fred Blackford of Biggin Hill, Richard Belcher of Siddley, Sid Packer of Welling, Peter Stock of Farnborough, Sgt Sam Foster of Wellingborough,...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
77578
Sort Number:
UN 2663 F
Time in/Out:
01:37:24:00 / 01:44:50:00
Canister:
UN 2663 F
Film ID:
2490.27
Issue Date:
1954

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