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BFE - Records of the British Families Education Service/Service Children's Education Association
- B - Memoirs and papers collected by staff working for the BFES/SCE staff

StorageSite	UCL Institute of Education
Level	Series
Reference Number	BFE/B/3
Title	Germany
Date	1944-2010
Description	Comprises papers regarding the following schools: Alexandra School Dortmund Bader First School, Bruggen Barnes Wallis School BFES School in Lemgo Bielefeld School, Koln (Cologne) Bishop's Park School, Paderborn British School Hamburg Bückeburg School Charlmagne School Charlottenburg School, West Berlin Cheshire Middle School, Bruggen Clive First School, Osnabruck Collingwood School Cologne School, Derby School Detmold School Düsseldorf First / Düsseldorf Primary School Fassberg School Gatow School Gloucester School, Hohne Gottingen School Haig School Gütersloh Hameln Primary School Hampshire School Hannover Nursery School / Hannover School Harvestehude School, Hamburg Herthastrasse Schools Hilden Primary School / Hilden School Hubbelrath School, Düsseldorf Iserlohn School Jerboa School John Buchan School, near Bieldfeld Kent School Hostert King Alfred School at Plon King's School Krefeld Primary School Laarbruch School Lubbecke School Marlborough First School, Osnabrück Maas First School, Laarburch, Minden School Montgomery School, Hohne Mulheim school Oxford School , Münster Paderborn School Prince Rupert School Queen's School Scharfoldendorf Primary School Sennelager Primary School Shackleton School Sir John Mogg School Detmold Soltau School Spandau School West Berlin St Andrew's School St Christopher's School St David's School St George's School Hohne St Patrick's School Verden School Warendorf School Wavell School Wellington First School, Osnabruck York School Münster Papers comprise: photographs, school magazine, diaries of teachers, memoirs of teachers, publicity material for school plays, papers regarding school trips and school holidays, official records regarding the work of the teachers abroad, publications created by the BFES/SCE and the British Forces more generally, and papers regarding life in Germany for BFES/SCE teachers. The work of the BFES in Germany was divided into two sections - West Berlin and West Germany - which were admistered separately. There were five schools in West Berlin including: Charlotteburg, Spandau, and The Havel. The remaining schools were in the West Germany section of the BFES. Osnabruck was the largest British garrison in the world with about four thousand troops. There were three first schools on site: Wellington First School, Marlborough First School and Clive First School. Once children had completed their primary education they went on to Cheshire Middle School on the garrison before attending Edinburgh Secondary School at Münster.
Extent	6 boxes
AccessStatus	Open
Related Material	Further papers regarding the work of the BFES/SCE in Germany can be found at: BEF/A/1/1 - including papers regarding Frank Buckley who worked at Windsor Boy's School Hamm, Germany BFE/A/1/2 - including papers regarding the Luebbecke/Berlin and Rhine/Abbf Districts BFE/A/1/5 - minutes of meetings of the North West Europe Association BFE/A/1/6 - appreciation for Hugh Pacey who was former headmaster of Prince Rupert School, Wilhelmshaven BFE/A/1/10 - includes notes by Grace Davies regarding folk dancing in Germany in the 1940s BFE/A/2/1 - includes original photograph of Hilden School donated by Archie Eastcrabbe, 1963; children from Hilden School riding on an Army float in the annual Rosenmontag Karnival Procession, 1963 BFE/A/2/3 - mounted exhibition using material on Germany BFES schools BFE/C/1/2 - includes details about the recruitment and employment of teachers in Germany Further publications produced by the BFES/SCE can be found at BFE/A/3 Further publications produced by the British Forces and communities can be found at BFE/C/3

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