Hi skilled photo restorers! Hoping that you can help.
Relies have sent through a snapshot of a photo of Lieutenant Clarence "Clall" SHERLOCK who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWI. He was killed in a plane crash on 19-AUG-2018.
He lies buried among the privileged few in a small private sunken graveyard near the Thames river within the grounds close by Cliveden House near Maidenhead, Berks. in England. We have just received many other photos of the funeral, at which Lady ASTOR was present.
[The ASTOR owners very kindly allowed the Canadian forces to operate a field hospital there during both World Wars.]
More can be read about him at
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26620679/clarence-edward-sherlock . We are (urgently!) preparing an extended article for CWGC, National Trust (and others).
He was the sweetheart of a family member (Jean Scott PARKINSON, grand-daughter of Jean WHITTLEY of Ballycraigy, Carnmoney near Belfast). She was serving at the same time as a young nurse at Cliveden. She was left broken-hearted when he died.
[However, she was instrumental in helping to save her severely wounded brother, whom she stumbled across lying on trolley outside, having been diagnosed as a "hopeless" case. Luckily she knew the chief surgeon, who hailed from her home town in Canada, persuading him to have a second look. Very fortuitous!]
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The attached PDF contains two photos, but we are only interested in the 2nd one of "Clall".
[The first is a postcard of Cliveden House.]
The problems needing addressed would seem to be:
1) Large stain centrally, near to face;
2) Background disturbance;
[? stain from another photo, lying on "opposite" page within the album.]
3) Linear scratch across lower mid-to-right;
4) Missing corner (lower right);
5) Skewing (slight) of the whole photo.
Realise that this could be daunting creative challenge.
All help will be greatly appreciated (and acknowledged in the published articles, as desired).
Thanks in anticipation,
Capt Jock
