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Full Description
These are the
fascinating personal letters of Wilfred Sydney James Thornington who
became a senior civil servant and Deputy Director of Audit during
World War II. The first batch of letters were sent from New York
from late 1942 to mid-1943. The second batch were sent from Cairo
late 1943 to mid 1945. The final batch were sent in the middle of
1953 from Washington DC. These letters capture the wartime
atmosphere both in New York and the Middle East. His contribution to
the Lend Lease programme at the Exchequer Audit Department is covered
together with it's importance in World War II and how it worked in
practice.
Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5
2 Early Life................................................................................................................ 6
3 Young Man............................................................................................................. 7
4 Work and Marriage............................................................................................... 11
5 War Years............................................................................................................... 12
6 Wilfred's Letters................................................................................................... 13
6.1 Notes about the letters................................................................................... 13
7 The Lease Lend Work - New York 1941 to 1943 Letters.................................. 15
7.1 Travelling to New York - November 1941 - and arrival............................ 15
7.2 Into Digs Brooklyn - 649 East 22nd Street, with Mrs Wright the landlady ........38
7.3 Trip to Canada to meet the Thornington family ......................................64
7.4 Local Audit Work .............................................................................................82
7.5 Trip to Massachusetts .....................................................................................85
7.6 Thanksgiving Weekend in Providence, Rhode Island.............................. 125
7.7 The Journey Home...........................................................................................160
8 Cairo 1943 to 1945................................................................................................ 161
8.1 Letters from Cairo - Background to the Journey..................................... 161
8.2 The Cairo Letters.............................................................................................. 161
8.3. Photos from time in Africa ............................................................................184
8.4 Visit in Jerusalem..............................................................................................190
9 Washington June 1953 and the Audit of the International Monetary Fund......... 252
9.1 Travelling to Washington via New York......................................................252
9.2 Washington and the IMF Audit.....................................................................258
9.3 Return to the UK...............................................................................................277
10 Wilf's work in Latter Years and retirement....................................................... 278
11 Family and Friends............................................................................................... 284
12 My personal recollections of Wilf...................................................................... 288
Appendix 1 Lease Lend ................................................................................................. 291
Appendix 2 Arctic Convoys - Sid Holmes.................................................................. 293
Appendix 3 HMS Lawson............................................................................................... 295
