Monday 14 April 2014

The journey of Ernest John Jones in WWII


The handmade leather journal I purchased online

The opening page

The journal open
  
up close

Pages 2 & 3 plotting Ernest's journey

I included photos of his letters and looked up additional information and pictures relating to what he describes.

The left page features photos and information on his equipment, the right page details information on his regiment (the Queens Royal regiment)

Detail's on the ship (The Johan) that took him into Eastern Europe
   
Information on Stalag VIII-B in which he was a POW

More info and photos regarding VIII-B 

More detail on what Ernest went through and describes.

Photos and information on Ernest war medals he received.

Photos and information on Ernest's patches and badges he wore

Photos of pages form Ernest's diary's in which a lot of my research was based

The diary and a replica of his missing dog tags I had made up by a company.
 

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