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Description: | cloth Union Jack; faded; backed on painted fabric and wood hanger with nails; 'acquired' from the Odeon Cinema, Lowestoft, on a Temp loan basis by 8th Platoon, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment; from June 1944 pre-Normandy landings carried through battles in France, Belgium and Holland; returned to the Odeon after the war; Rank Organisation ceremonially donated the flag to the museum in 1964; in the centre of the flag is '8 PLN "A" coy 4th DN. Lincolnshire Regt. June 1944'; the flag is signed by the platoon members (see brief summary) | Subjects: | Military | Temporal: | 6.1944 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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