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A research paper written by student George Duncan which explores the development of the US Military Hospital at Wimpole Hall and how it linked to the evacuation of injured personnel from the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) from 1944-1945.
Civilian
Lady Elsie Bambridge was the daughter of English writer Rudyard Kipling and the wife of Captain George Bambridge. In 1938, Elsie and her husband bought Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire's largest stately home, parts of which were requisitioned by the...
Military | Major | Commanding Officer
Major John D Davis was Commanding Officer of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, based at Bassingbourn from December 1944 to June 1945. He later married Lieutenant Helen Pierson, an Army Nurse stationed at the nearby 163rd General Hospital at...
Military | First Lieutenant | Army Nurse
Lieutenant Helen Pierson was an army nurse based at the 163rd General Hospital at Wimpole Hall. She later married Major John D Davis, Commanding Officer of the 401st Bomb Squadron at Bassingbourn, and had a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group...
Military site : non-airfield
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| 03 June 2015 12:26:53 | rossingtonj | Created entry with caption |
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Created entry for document sent to myself via Meldreth Local History Society. |
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