The Mavers Collection

No.1

Corporal Mavers and two soldiers with Cadillac.

No.2

Corporal Mavers driving General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial Staff, accompanied by General Sir Harold Alexander and General Sir Bernard Montgomery on a visit to Dominion Divisions in 1943.

This photograph appeared in the Daily Mirror.

No.3

Signed photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, GOC XXX Corps (North Africa) 1942-43, with his wife Margaret.

No.4

General Montgomery with a group of 14 soldiers.

No.5

Photograph signed General B L Montgomery, 8th Army.

No.6

Corporal Mavers in car.

No.7

General Montgomery in car inspecting P.O.W.s.

No.8

King George VI in car passing cheering British troops.

No.9

King George VI in car passing cheering British troops.

No.10

Corporal Mavers opening the car door for King George VI during his Italian tour.

No.11

King George VI with Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, AOC Desert Air Force.

No.12

Soldier standing outside camouflaged bunker.

No.13

Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa.

No.14

Field Marshal Smuts thanking Corporal Mavers for driving him during his visit to Italy.

No.15

Field Marshal Smuts saying goodbye to RAF mechanics before taking off from Orvieto.

No.16

Two soldiers with car.

No.17

Officer posing with car.

No.18
Corporal Mavers in car.

No.19

Corporal Mavers in Cadillac.

No.20

Repairing a puncture in the desert.

No.21

"First steps to taking a bath" by a vehicle in the desert.

(Comment on back of photograph by Corporal Mavers).

No.22

Corporal Mavers with car.

No.23

Corporal Mavers and friend having a picnic in the desert.

No.24

Christmas on the beach - Corporal Mavers and two others near the Marble Arch, Tripolitania.

No.25

General Montgomery inspecting a knocked-out German tank.

No.26
"One Jerry tank less to fight".
(Comment on back of photograph by Corporal Mavers).

No.27

General Montgomery studying a map with a tank crew close to German lines.

No.28

Air Vice Marshall Coningham with General Sir Brian Horrocks, commander of X Corps at El Alamein.

Taken in September 1942 about 15 miles into the desert near El Alamein.

No.29

"This is the General (Montgomery) on the left, I dare say you have heard already that sometimes he wears an 'Aussie' hat with many badges, well up to then his collection was only two."

"The person on the right is another General (Horrocks)".

(Comment on back of photograph by Corporal Mavers).

No.30

Winston Churchill in the desert, the sunshade which he has belongs to Lady Lawson, the camera man has been trying to make him open it so they can take a picture of him. He also has a pair of slippers with W.C. on them and they have been trying to take a picture of them also but he won't let them have the chance. The other person is the General's A.D.C. By the way, you will note Winston is wearing his "siren suit" which I think is quite a good idea for the desert. This was taken by a friend.

(Comment on back of photograph by Corporal Mavers).