When the German army invaded Belgium 250,000 Belgians fled to Britain. Rugby, quite typically of the country’s reactions, established Relief Committees to organise accommodation and fund support1. 200 were settled ...
1 Victoria Engineering Works, Rugby, marked on 1923 map.
The site of Victoria Engineering Works, which is of modern date. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. The engineering works was situated 200m north east of Avenue Road, Rugby.
