Vintage 1944 British U. K. Passport World War II British War Bride Comes To U. S.
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:18785068 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
| Year: 1944 | Historical Item: British Passport |
Original vintage World War II British United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland passport for British war bride Lucy Hilda Cornwill Dininger. Stamped on front: 4 - Nov 1944.
Passport measures 4 x 6 inches and numbers 32 pages. Complete, excellent+ condition with little wear.
Specs:Name: Mrs. Lucy Hilda DiningerMaiden Name: CornwillNational Status: British Subject by Birth, Wife of a Citizen of the United States of AmericaOrigin: Stamped: Foreign Office L...ondon, 4 Nov 1944Expiration Date: 4th November 1949Passport Number: 48304Passport bears a facsimile signature of Foreign Secretary and future Prime Minister Anthony EdenMrs. Dininger used this passport to depart for the United States via Liverpool, England, on 22 Feb 1945. She was admitted permanently to the United States at New York, N.Y. on Mar. 3, 1945.
Lucy Hilda Cornwill (1920-1997) married U.S. serviceman/Tec 5, U.S. Army corporal Melvin Carl Dininger (1920-1998) in England on September 20, 1944. The couple later settled in Missouri where they had one son, Marvin Carl Dininger (1952-2005). Lucy and Melvin are buried at Mitchell Cemetery in Jasper, Missouri.
An estimated 100, 000 British war brides arrived in the United States during and after World War II. This historical passport – with impeccable provenance – relates but one of those stories.
Passport measures 4 x 6 inches and numbers 32 pages. Complete, excellent+ condition with little wear.
Specs:Name: Mrs. Lucy Hilda DiningerMaiden Name: CornwillNational Status: British Subject by Birth, Wife of a Citizen of the United States of AmericaOrigin: Stamped: Foreign Office L...ondon, 4 Nov 1944Expiration Date: 4th November 1949Passport Number: 48304Passport bears a facsimile signature of Foreign Secretary and future Prime Minister Anthony EdenMrs. Dininger used this passport to depart for the United States via Liverpool, England, on 22 Feb 1945. She was admitted permanently to the United States at New York, N.Y. on Mar. 3, 1945.
Lucy Hilda Cornwill (1920-1997) married U.S. serviceman/Tec 5, U.S. Army corporal Melvin Carl Dininger (1920-1998) in England on September 20, 1944. The couple later settled in Missouri where they had one son, Marvin Carl Dininger (1952-2005). Lucy and Melvin are buried at Mitchell Cemetery in Jasper, Missouri.
An estimated 100, 000 British war brides arrived in the United States during and after World War II. This historical passport – with impeccable provenance – relates but one of those stories.
