Chesham at War

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File comment:	Corporal Lane of Chesham was a prisoner of war (POW) in the far east between 1942 and 1945. Photograph courtesy of Betty Lane.

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File comment:	Dorothy Hearn in the uniform of the Ambulance Service, Chesham. WWII. Photograph courtesy of Gwyneth Bradley.

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File comment:	Ian Hearn, Ray Brackley and Leslie Smith - three Chesham servicemen who met in Italy. 1940s. Photograph courtesy of Gwyneth Bradley.

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File comment:	Flight Sergeant Avis J. Hearn M.M. Avis Hearn of Chesham won the Military Medal for her bravery and courage at the Poling Radar Station, Sussex during the Battle of Britain, August 1940. Photograph courtesy of Gwyneth Bradley.

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File comment:	Archibald L. Stronnells of Chesham. Photograph courtesy of Gwyneth Bradley.

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File comment:	Private George Payne, WWI. Photograph courtesy of Doreen Bacon.

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File comment:	Mounted soldiers with gun carriage (in Chesham Park?), WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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File comment:	Mounted soldiers (in Chesham Park?), WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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File comment:	Soldiers, mostly Chesham residents, WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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File comment:	Soldiers, mostly Chesham residents, WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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File comment:	Soldiers with musical instruments, mostly Chesham residents, WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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File comment:	Frederick James Long (1878-1963) in the uniform of the Royal Bucks Hussars, WWI. Photograph courtesy of William Ivory.

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