The Diggory Fonds

Biographical and Administrative History

Flying Officer Thomas James Diggory was a Navigator for Squadron #143 of the RAF during the Second World War. Photograph from the Diggory Fonds.

Flying Officer Thomas James Diggory was a Navigator for the RAF (Squadron #143) during the Second World War. After the war, Thomas Diggory was the Executive Partner of Peat, Marwick and Partners as well as the President of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants before becoming Adjunct Professor of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1980.

Date(s) of Creation

c. 1937-1951.

Physical Description

121.8 cm of textual and photographic records.

Scope and Content

The Diggory Fonds contain various personal papers, logbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, correspondence, and service records of Flying Officer Thomas J. Diggory during the Second World War. These Fonds also contain various artifacts, including pilot glasses, a British flag, an Ebel wristwatch, an ink well, cap badges, wings, stripes, dog tags, war medals, RAF buttons, an Air Force Doll, and an RAF Winter Navigator Helmet with radio and oxygen equipment.