LYHNF2006.241 Costume

Accession number: LYHNF2006.241

Object category: War

Object name: Costume

Description: Khaki shirt. Part of WW2 battledress and kit belonging to Broomfield, 7389 A Coy. Mr Broomfield was a Burley resident, drafted in 1941 to Wellworthy's Ampress Works at Lymington as a machine operator and chargehand. Then transferred to the company's Abingdon works to work as a machine operater manufacturing piston rings. He was also a member of the Home Guard in which he served until 1944. He returned to Burley at the end of the War.

Period: 20th Century

Primary Reference: 374

Last import: January 29, 2021