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On Armistice Day, we commemorate all those from the College who lost their lives in conflict.
We will remember them.🌹
Downing College was founded #OTD 225 years ago. Its Royal Charter was granted by King George III on 22 September 1800 and is preserved in the College Archive (DCGB/C/1/1). dow.cam.ac.uk/about/downing-….
On #VJDay80, remembering all those who served in #WW2 and the 54 men @downingcollege who lost their lives in the war. Individual profiles have been published on our online Roll of Honour: bit.ly/WW2rollofhonour. Pictured are Cedric Humphries (1932) & Harry Dooyewaard (1938).
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“So here it is – VE Day – and spent by me entirely in garden & house tidying & sowing seeds […] Can you really believe it is over?”
Taken from a letter from Charles Darwin’s granddaughter, Nora Barlow, to her mother, Ida Darwin, on 7 May 1945. #VE80 #VEDay80
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ALT A letter written by Nora Barlow on 7 May 1945 (MS Add.10286/1/8/46). In the background we see a closure notice from the UL on VE Day.
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This image shows a very packed Cambridge Market Square on VE Day on 8th May 1945, 80 years ago today, which was a day of joy, relief, and sobriety. Read our latest blog as we remember the sacrifices made and the impact of the War.
museumofcambridge.org.uk/202…
#VEDay80 You can read more about Downing College during #WW2 below. The article includes links to the Roll of Honour (with profiles currently being published) and the ‘Downing and the Two World Wars’ book featuring wartime memories of 68 College members. dow.cam.ac.uk/about/downing-…
ALT RAF Cadets from D Flight 3 Squadron at Downing College, 1943, courtesy of Leonard Soulsby
ALT Downing College staff and Fellows in 1940, copyright Lafayette Photography Ltd (DCPH/3/2)
A new #archive collection of 1890s #Alpine climbing photographs, belonging to Hon. Fellow & @thealpineclub member George Wherry, has been made available via the University’s Digital Library. The collection includes Wherry, fellow climbers & several peaks. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-D…
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Downing Coll Archive retweeted
📣The 2025 Cambridge Archives & Collections Fair is taking place tomorrow (Thursday 13 March) at the Student Services Centre.
📍Drop in to learn about the archival resources in Cambridge from the specialists who care for them
🔗 loom.ly/wqyhEYU
#ArchiveFair25
Very much looking forward to the #ArchiveFair2025 next week. Come along and find out about all the amazing #archives and #library special collections in Cambridge!
📣The 2025 Cambridge Archives & Collections Fair is being held at the Student Services Centre on Thursday 13 March.
📍Drop in to find out about the archival resources in Cambridge from the specialists who care for them.
🔗 loom.ly/wqyhEYU
#ArchiveFair25
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Downing Coll Archive retweeted
The next Cambridge Archives and Collections Fair is on Thursday 13th March at the Student Services Centre. Please see our website & follow us on Instagram (camarchivesfair) for more information #ArchiveFair25 #ExploreYourArchive
ALT A poster for the event including a photograph from the 2024 fair, depicting students and stallholders talking.
For today’s #EYAHeroes theme @explorearchives, the Archive holds the personal papers and medals of Sir Lionel Whitby, alumnus and Master of #downingcollege (1947-56). He was awarded the MC in #WW1, worked on early antibiotics and led the Army Blood Transfusion Service in #WW2.
Lovely new #archive collection relating to the 1914 @BritSciAssoc Australia trip: the diaries and watercolour journal of Marion Seward, with associated photographs. Marion painted 160 beautiful watercolours showing views at sea and various places visited. archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/…
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Remembering all those @downingcollege who lost their lives in conflict. #WW1 and #WW2 Rolls of Honour are available online, with work underway to complete individual profiles for #WW2.
dow.cam.ac.uk/about/downing-…
#LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday
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The next Dissertation & Research Fair will take place on Thursday 13th March 2025, 12-4pm, at the Student Services Centre.
More information about the 2025 fair will be shared in the coming months. #DissRes25
ALT Photograph of attendees and stalls at the 2024 Fair in Elena Hall, Jesus College, Cambridge.
This fantastic photo, taken at Fenners, is from one of only a handful of alumni photograph albums in the #Archive - a real treasure trove!
As the finish line looms for the Olympics athletics action, we thought it timely to show this action shot from our archives.
The photo originates from an album donated by Vernon Seymour Bryant (1897) and was taken some time between 1898-1900.
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Downing Coll Archive retweeted
A selection of D-Day maps in the Map Department. These include maps and air reconnaissance images of the landing sites and an example of the bogus maps with random place-names that were used when planning an rehearsing the operation (iDiscover link: idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/perm…) #dday
The British Normandy Memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy, includes the names of two #downingcollege members: Capt. Hugh Templeton Slight (1937, pictured), d.16 July 1944, and Capt. Richard Carrick (1936), d. 6 Aug 1944 #DDay80
ALT Black and white photograph of Captain Hugh Templeton Slight in the uniform of the Gordon Highlanders (courtesy of George Watson's College, Edinburgh)
In addition, Sub-Lt. Harry Orme Dooyewaard (Downing, 1938) was killed when the tug boat he was on, towing sections of the Mulberry Harbour in preparation for D-Day, was torpedoed on 24 April 1944. Remembering all those who lost their lives and served. #DDay80
ALT Black and white photograph of Sub-Lt. Harry Orme Dooyewaard RNVR in naval uniform.
80 years ago #OTD, David Holbrook (1941, Fellow 1981) commanded a Duplex Drive swimming tank which landed on Sword Beach in Normandy. He was evacuated 2 weeks later after being wounded and described his experiences in his semi-autobiographical novel, Flesh Wounds (1966). #DDay80
ALT Black and white photograph of David Holbrook on the day of his matriculation at Downing College, 1941,
An online exhibition about David Holbrook's experiences and the publication of Flesh Wounds, mounted by @theUL for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, is still available here: exhibitions.lib.cam.ac.uk/fl….
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