Margaret Files

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Address on back of photograph sent to Reg Files as a prisoner of war.

Margaret Files (now Perry) in Kews Meadow - a photo sent by his mother to Reg Files when he was in PoW camp in Italy

The reverse of the photo of Margaret. This is how the photograph was sent - no postage stamp - and delivered to Reg.

Margaret with granny in field, Kews Meadow - another of the photographs sent to Reg in Italy.

The third of the photographs sent to Reg in Italy. Margaret, her mother Kate Files and Reg's mother Kews Meadow

Reg with Ida Frances Files in Bath 1914

Reg as a child.

Reg Files as a young man, in suit.

Reg Files, with war memorial.

Reg FIles by Bell Cottage

Reg Files (on right, with grey hair, leaning back) with villagers at Village Hall event

Margaret Files, now Margaret Perry, brought these photographs and papers recording her childhood in East Meon. Note the photographs sent to Reg Files, her uncle, when he was a prisoner of war in Italy… sent just as they are shown here. Another PDF contains a selection of Margaret’s school reports, and a third is a dedication to her of a prize book.

Date of creation

1900 - 1990

Date of coverage

1900 - 1990

Place

East Meon

Contributor

Margaret Lee

Reference number

EM/0072/0006

Accession number

2013-12-050

Storage location

Larger resolution files on application /Resources/People/Collections/Files

Downloads

Letter to Reg from Johnny Culley (6 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Letter to Reg from Johnny Culley - see 'Wartime/Memories of Wartime East Meon' for Reg's recollections.

Margaret Files school reports (10 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)