Wedmore, England. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Howard Dudley Reid GM and Bar, RANVR, attached ...

Accession Number P03434.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Goldsworthy, Leon Verdi
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 9 October 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Wedmore, England. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Howard Dudley Reid GM and Bar, RANVR, attached to the Enemy Mining Section at HMS Vernon. He is standing beside the first German Type C aerial magnetic mine to be recovered intact. A parachute and shrouds partly cover the half buried mine. This portrait was previously believed to be of Lieutenant Hugh Randall Syme GC GM and Bar, RANVR.

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