Reg Auckland used to run the village post office, as shown in this 1950's picture. He ran it till 1985, with his wife, Peg (née Sullivan). He was also a village councilor. He lived there till he passed on. He was very active in his retirement, as well as our local historian, he was fonnder member and joint president of the Psywar Society. An International Association of Collectors of Aerial Propaganda Leaflets. Their website is fascinating and well worth a visit. Reg has written many publications on this subject which are listed below.

He was also a keen radio amateur and at 60 learnt Morse code and passed his short wave license.

Publications

The following is a list of some of the publications Reg has had published.

'German Leaflets to Allied Troops in Italy & also Italian Soldiers & Civilians 1943-45' - 3rd edition - 66 pages - By R.G. Auckland £ 4.00

'Catalogue of Axis Leaflets Dropped in North Africa to Troops & Civilians 19401943' - 2nd edition - Compiled by R.G. Auckland- ISBN 0 95021518 X. £ 1.25

'VI Rocket Propaganda Leaflets 1944-1945' by R.G. Auckland - 4th Edition 116 pages - Much new material - 53 pages of illustrations. Including practically every known VI leaflet - 4 pages of maps - ISBN 0 9502151 9 8 £ 5.75

'Catalogue of French Leaflets dropped over Germany 1939-1940' - 3rd edition Compiled by Reg Auckland - 57 pp - illustrated - Bilingual edition, English/French - ISBN 1 873253 08 7 £ 4.80

'Catalogue of British Leaflets Ballooned to German Troops 191 7 -18' - 2nd edition Completely revised January 1989 - ISBN 0 9502151 55 £ 1.50

'Catalogue of Leaflets dropped over Burmese Civilians 1942-1945. Produced by P.W.D./S.E.A.C.' - 2nd edition - By R.G. Auckland £ 1.50

'British Black Propaganda to Germany 1941-1945' by R.G. Auckland - 43 pages 34 illustrations - 2nd Edition 1989 - ISBN 0 9502151 7 1 £ 4.25

'Catalogue of Airdropped Facsimile Postal Stationery. World War I, 1916-1918' 32 pages - 35 illustrations - By R.G. Auckland £ 3.50

'Forged German Rationing Documents of World War II by Reg Auckland £ 3.50
'German Leaflets to Allied Troops & French Civilians in Northern France 1944' Compiled by Michel Girard and R.G.Auckland - ISBN 0 9502151 63 £ 1.25

'Catalogue of Allied Leaflets Dropped in North Africa to German & Italian Troops & Civilians 1940 - 1943' - 28 pages - By R.G. Auckland £ 3.00

'Catalogue des Tracts Aériens Allemands et Alliés Lancés sur Civi1s et Troupes Belges en Belgique 1940 - 1944' - Compiled by Freddy Dehon - 24 pages English translations by R.G. Auckland - Illustrated £ 2.75

'Aerial Propaganda Leaflets Produced by the United Nations Joint Forces for Operation Desert Storm. Persian Gulf 1991' - Compiled by R.G. Auckland - 72 pages - Fully illustrated with translations - Also Iraqi leaflets for U.N. Forces ISBN 1 873253 04 4 £ 5.00

'Messages from the sky over Britain' by R.G. Auckland & Keith B. Moore. 108 A4 size pages - 170 illustrations of 141 propaganda and publicity messages/leaflets dropped over the U.K. by airship. aeroplane. balloon and rocket between 1784 & 1969. ISBN 1 873253 09 5 £10.00