Woodlands School
When I was three, I went to the Woodlands School. I can still remember the big red tubular rocking horse there. We used to line up for a glass ...
Bishop’s Itchington is a small village located in the Stratford-upon Avon district of Warwickshire, and is currently home to 2,082 people; this is Audrey’s story, and is set in the ...
Born and raised in a farm in Winterborne, far away from the built-up areas in Warwickshire, we acquired the assistance of land-girls to help run our farm, which was needed ...
Mr Alfred Jordan was a lengthman at the beginning of World War 2, and so was exempt from having to serve in the war because of this...
Verity Fincher wrote down reminiscences of her childhood in Abbot’s Salford and Salford Hall, around the time of the First World War. Her recollections of the war offer an insight into ...
During the First World War, The British Red Cross set up temporary auxiliary hospitals/convalescent homes across the country for less seriously wounded servicemen who often just needed time to recuperate.
They ...
A strong wind was blowing across the trenches. A putrid smell lingered in the air, a mixture of chlorine gas, mud, filth, and flesh. It was approaching lunchtime in the ...
War-time memories
During the war we used to hide under the table during air raids: we weren’t allowed to go into the public shelters because of my father’s occupation.. I’ve donated ...
Surprisingly the entries in the Stretton on Dunsmore elementary school logbook for 1914 do not mention the war at all.
The King reviews the troops before Gallipoli
In February 1915 the children ...
First World War Soldier Charles Thomas Raven was commemorated by his wife in a lovely tapestry (see photo).
This shows that he served as a private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment ...
I know very little about my grandfather, I know he was born in or around Knowle and I have his soldiers small book and some papers relating to service in the ...
A Mr. Cole wrote down his reminiscences of his childhood in Kenilworth and Warwickshire, around the time of the First World War. His recollections of the start of the war ...
Knowle at the outbreak of the First World War was a typical small village in Warwickshire with good road communications, where agriculture and allied trades provided work for a large ...
A few extracts from a diary dated 1942 donated to Nuneaton Memories – hoping you can read the entries.
A diary of a Nuneaton Soldier dated 1942 was donated to Nuneaton Memories, does anyone recognise these character drawings that were also with it ?
The Impact of the First World War
Official publications supported the war effort in various ways. This book (Warwickshire County Record Office reference CR 1520, box 62) demonstrates the roles that ...
The Government first required schools to keep a log book in 1862, in which there had to be a minimum of one entry made each week. The featured page is ...
Dudley White died when his tank was hit by a shell at the crossroads in the Belgian village of Poelcapelle where the German army had its local headquarters and the ...
As father was the gamekeeper, we lived in the keeper’s cottage on Sherbourne hill. We had plenty of meat to eat, and lived on rabbits, pigeons and chickens. No one ...
In 1940 my family moved to a small half timbered cottage in Church Street (still extant) opposite the memorial hall. There was well water but we still used oil lamps.
I ...
These embroidered postcards were largely produced by French and Belgian women embroidering strips of silk mesh, which were then cut and mounted on postcards. They were very popular with British ...
Labour shortages caused by men joining the Armed Forces during the First World War led to many companies seeking help from overseas. One such organisation was Rugby-based engineering firm Willans ...
Monday 11th November 1918 proved to be a typically cold, misty day. Hope had built up over the weekend that a peace treaty between the Allies and Germany was imminent, ...
As detailed in part one, news of the Armistice had spread rapidly around Warwickshire on Monday 11th November 1918 and crowds had gathered together to hear and celebrate the news.
Church ...