The silver cigarette case was given to Tom Smiley, by my mother,on their engagement 18th April 1940.My father joined the R.A.M.C. as a doctor and left for Singapore a few days after.On 14/2/1942 a ...

These two cigarette cases were gifts between a pilot and Amy Johnson, the famous aviatrix who was born in Hull, UK. They belonged to the contributor's grandfather. He gave one of these cases to ...

She never fully got over his death. The cigarette case was made into a purse for my mother, Nancy (b. 1926), to play with as a child. It speaks to me of the tragedy and futility of war.