LYHNF2006.251 Brush

Accession number: LYHNF2006.251

Object category: War

Object name: Brush

Description: Boot brush. 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 Homeguard in which he served until 1944. He returned to Burley at the end of the war.

Period: 20th Century

Primary Reference: 385

Last import: January 29, 2021