INTERESTING HISTORIC DOCUMENT End of WWII Signal

[David B 1812]

Now HERE is something quite interesting and HISTORIC.

It is AN ORIGINAL NAVAL SIGNAL announcing the

END of the SECOND WORLD WAR.

You can see, from the scan, attached, (below) is the ORIGINAL SIGNAL, as it was typed

by the signals officer, as he received the message. He was obviously in a bit of a hurry,

as his typing contains a number of (corrected) typo errors.

Using a SIMILAR TYPEWRITER, I have RE-TYPED the very same message, (the

one now at the upper part of the scan, below), where I have COPIED the ORIGINAL

MESSAGE EXACTLY, including the original typo errors, where these were made.

The purpose of the re-typed copy, is for reasons of CLARITY against the rather messy

original message, which is now quite old (obviously), and is a bit torn and folded,

and has been badly repaired by the previous owner, with sticky tape.

Anyway it IS an ORIGINAL NAVAL SIGNAL from 8th MAY 1945, thus making it

some 68 years old now.

Not something one sees every day, I tihnk...........

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When I copied the document, to post on this page, it was VERY CLEAR

with a file size of 2MB. I had to drastically reduced the file size to under

250mb so this webpage would accept it. In doing so, a great deal of the

clarity of the original document has been lost.

If you cannot read it properly, or would like a nice, clear copy, please

ask me, and I will email one to you.

David B 1812

(6 April 2013)

(The paper used to type the original signal comes from a pad of pages,

made by B&S Ltd, and dated 10/43, ref: 51-7537)

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(This is not the oldest document in my collection. That would be a letter I have,

written in Scotland, and dating from 1658..........)

Edited April 6, 2013 by David B 1812

[IrishGunner]

Kind of cool... Doesn't indicated by which unit/ship it was received/typed, does it?

[David B 1812]

No, it does not. It is as it is, unfortunately. Sorry.

May not have been a ship. May have been a land-based

naval signal for all we know. I am not a naval expert, so

I can't really help. I'm afraid.

David B 1812