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TitleSun Insurance Office Ltd, Charing Cross, staff scrapbook, with enclosures
DescriptionStaff scrapbook including

first page, programme of Sun Fire and Life Offices
Cricket and Athletic Club Dinner,
24 Jan 1884

pp1-172, material compiled by Eden Phillpotts,
4 Sept 1884 - 22 Jan 1898

pp161-162, two letters and photograph from Daily News
of Sergeant S Henshaw, serving with the London Rifle Brigade
in South Africa during the Boer War
18 Mar, 28 Aug 1900

p175, notice of early closure of branch due to the
threat of air raids
1917

p179, photograph of staff dinner
[1938]

p181, photograph of named members of staff
in an air raid trench at Mickleham Downs
20 Oct 1939

pp189-190, two black and white photographs of bomb
damage to Inspector's room and telephone room at
60 Trafalgar Square
17 Apr 1941

p191, details of members of staff on active military service
27 May 1943

p198, certificate of honour presented to the branch
as part of the Salute The Soldier War Savings Campaign
1944

p213, three black and white photographs of
Mickleham Downs House
1939-1947

pp214-215, seven black and white photographs of the
Victory Parade taken from the typists' balcony looking
towards Admiralty Arch
June 1946

pp219-221, extracts from in-house magazine
At the Sign of the Sun
Dec 1936 - Apr 1939

p206, newspaper cutting of the wedding of
HRH Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh
20 Nov 1947

p251, invitation and menu from Coronation Luncheon
2 June 1953

p 256, newspaper cutting featuring Trafalgar Square
during the funeral of Winston Churchill
30 Jan 1965
Date1884-1965
Access StatusOpen
Extent1 item
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