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Recollections of War > Records

Message to school children from King George VI, 1946

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Double-sided message to school children from King George VI of the United Kingdom, dated 8th June 1946, acknowledging their efforts during the Second World War.
The message includes the Royal Crest, the King's facsimile signature, and a list of important war dates on the reverse. There is also space on the back for the child to write down their own family's war record.
The message is suspended by a blue ribbon threaded through two circular holes at the top.

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Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00150

Item type

Themes

Social History
War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

170 mm

Height or length

270 mm

Transcripts

"8th June, 1946
TO-DAY, AS WE CELEBRATE VICTORY
I send this personal message to you and
all other boys and girls at school. For
you have shard in the hardships and
dangers of a total war and you have
shared no less in the triumph of the
Allied Nations.
I know you will always feel proud to
belong to a country which was capable
of such supreme effort; proud, too, of
parents and elder brothers and sisters
who by their courage, endurance and
enterprise brought victory. May these
qualities be yours as you grow up and
join in the common effort to establish
among the nations of the world unity
and peace."

Keywords

Second World War

Certificate - World War 2

History - Social

Recollections of War

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