A series of ephemera from 1944 including:
A handwritten note about foreign currency conversion rates;
Typed list of ports, arrival and departure dates, distance, weather etc. from 2 November 1943 to 9 November 1944;
13 Shore Leave Passes / crew passes / permits for Algiers, Oran, Aden, Port Said, Bombay, Takoradi, Lagos, Naples;
A pamphlet ‘ A Guide to Lagos’, January; American Troop Deck Menu SS CHANTILLY, February;
A Police Notice, Nigeria, from 14 April; SS CHANTILLY European Crew Lists for voyage 11, and 9 (Bombay 20 August - Soton 15 November, four sheets);
4 British India Menus from the CHANTILLY from October Includes a menu featuring an illustration of a bearded sadhu (a Hindu or Jain ascetic) carrying a bundle and a trident, entitled ‘India – Pushkar – A sadhu with a Shiva trident’.’
1 Christmas menu;
A duty receipt for 2 shillings, Southampton, 8 November;
Miles Run, 23 November to 23 December;
Merchant Navy Leave Certificate, CHANTILLY, 7 December, Southampton;
Typed copy of Christmas message from the Admiralty, messages from King George and from the British Minister for War Transport.