King's Autograph for Willie Rankine 1976
Newspaper article describing how King Olav of Norway had been happy to sign a book for Willie Rankine. During World War II Willie had been a real friend to the Norwegian servicemen based at Woodhaven, and that friendship continued long after the war had ended. One of the men had presented this book on Norway to him, and it was subsequently signed by dozens of the Norwegian servicemen, as well as visiting Norwegian dignitaries.
Date of creation
1976Date of coverage
1942-1945Place
WoodhavenContributor
Liz DowLicense
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
NOT.1581Format
Newspaper cutting (100)
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Wormit (456)
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