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World War 2 documents(Part 1)
Wartime memories: World War 2 documents part 1 (text & image)

My grandfather William Tennant was a prisoner of war in Thailand at the same time as his brother Andrew. My grandfather survived. His brother did not.

We have taken photographs of the original documents and produced this PowerPoint presentation.

 

Birth Certificate

This is the birth certificate of my grandfather’s brother, Andrew:

photo of Kieran's grandfather's brother's birth certificate

 

This is my grandfather’s birth certificate:

photo of Kieran's grandfather's birth certificate

 

Soldier’s Service book

photo of cover of Soldier's service and  pay book
Front cover of Soldier's Service and Pay book

photo of first page of  soldier sefvice and pay book containing instructions on how the book is to be used
Instructions on use of service and pay book

photo of page from service and pay book showing daily rates of pay
Page from service and pay book showing rates of daily pay

 

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Created by Sunnybank Primary School. Images courtesy of Kieran MacKintosh
Published by the Scottish Library & Information Council.

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Last updated:25 Oct 2005
Date created :25 Apr 2005