There’s a talk at The London Archives this month on the explosive history of Bloomsbury, London. It covers both World Wars. Wednesday 15th...
Hi all Is there a record day by day of the Blitz period, 1st November on?
On the British Pathe website there is a two-minute film called "Bombed factory - Croydon (1940)" which you can view here: BOMBED FACTORY - CROYDON...
All, Grateful for some help please - I'm researching several people killed in bombing raids on London and Kent and wondered if, aside from the...
Hi guys, after book recommendations regarding the bombing of Britain during WW2, preferably in some sort of chronological order. Thanks for...
Luton's Vauxhall bombing raid recalled On 30 August 1940 at 16:50 BST, 51 bombs fell on the Vauxhall factory in about one minute, killing 39...
Award George Medal Lt. Jack Keleher, Royal Engineers (106713) During the air attack on Southampton on 23rd November, 1940, a number of high...
Award George Medal Boy Melville Searle Thompson, Royal Engineers (1878304) During an enemy air attack on Southampton on 23rd November, 1940, Boy...
Photographs from THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN 1940-1945 series showing the aftermath of the V1 rocket landing in Aldwych on 30th June 1944;...
Award George Cross Anthony Smith, Chelsea, London On 25th February 1944 a stick of bombs fell on the 'World’s End' area of Chelsea destroying a...
Award George Cross Sapper George Cameron Wylie (1942531) Bomb Disposal Royal Engineers On the 12th September 1940 a 2,000kg bomb landed close to...
I'm currently doing a little project on the Christmas Blitz of 1940 in Liverpool. A 38 year old housewife, Julia Broadley, was killed at E.I....
On the evening of 29th December 1940 a German bombing raid caused what become known as the ‘Second Great Fire of London’. The attack targeted the...
Reserve Nursing Sister Jean Marguerite Bruck, Queen Alexandra Nursing Service (reserve) received the Royal Red Cross Medal, could not find a...
Can anyone provide details of a raid on Greenwood Avenue, Thames Ditton on 1st October, 1940, when four people, in neighbouring properties, were...
Hi All Looking for what this raid consisted of, it's listed in TNA Does anybody have this record to hand to see what it was? HO 203/8 1361...
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An interesting article by Professor Richard Overy, a number of myths "busted". Have a peek. A "taster":These banal solutions masked the reality of...
Noted lots of threads on here concerning the Blitz. I was recently given these 2 images no idea which book, magazine they came from or the area...
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