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Description: | Papers relating to his service as a driver with the Royal Marine Artillery, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division (Motor Transport) including 11 photographs, mostly of Clapson with fellow drivers, a warrant of leave (19 - 23 August 1915), his discharge certificate (1 September 1915) and an exemption from military service certificate (June 1917); a reservation ticket for the Driver's Freedom from Accidents Competition (1932), a press cutting about the 1935 Safety Awards and a November 1938 copy of ‘Pennyfare’ with Clapson pictured among 94 drivers for 15 years accident-free driving; an album containing 24 photos of a visit to the Battlefields with the Auxiliary Omnibus Companies Association (28 June 1937); a press cutting of the ‘Old Bill’ omnibus being presented to the Imperial War Museum with Ernest Arkell, former conductor; and personal papers relating to his marriage and death. Clapson is believed to have been the original driver of the Museum's ‘Old Bill’ bus and a postcard in the collection pictures him driving it again in 1920 at Buckingham Palace when presented to HM King George V.
Cataloguer MP | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Clapson, Reginald Ernest | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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