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Nissen Hut at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge, Warwick

1 A photographic record was made of the Nissen hut, which was possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The Nissen hut was 8m long and 5m ...

Nissen Hut possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The site is located at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge
British Welcome Club, Leamington Spa

If you haven’t heard of the British Welcome Club in Leamington Spa, you wouldn’t be the only one. In fact, search the internet for British Welcome Clubs in general and ...
Wartime in Coventry, and Afterwards

When I was around two years old a bomb was dropped in the back garden. Oddly and luckily, it didn’t destroy the house at all. However, it did move the ...
Hunningham. Group photograph
Rugby. "Salute the Soldier" campaign
Rugby. Private Ernest C Busson
Warwickshire unspecified. Hurrah for the Warwicks
Warwickshire Regiment in South Africa
Parson v Parishioners in the Parish of Wixford

One of the best-known features of the little church of St Milburga in the scattered hamlet of Wixford near Alcester, is the enormous yew tree outside the south porch. In ...
Coleshill Remembers the First Local Casualty of the Great War

On the 11th October 2014, Coleshill Remembers held its first vigil to commemorate the first local casualty of the Great War 100 years previously. An old boy of the St ...
Coleshill Remembers Private Charles Peter Nevill

Below is what was read out at one of our vigils for one of our locals. 15th November 1915 Private Charles Peter Nevill, 22 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Private Nevill is remembered ...
Coleshill Remembers Private Charles Peter Nevill

Coleshill Chronicle 27th November, 1915 The sad news was received in Coleshill last Friday, November 19th, of the death at the front of Charles Peter Neville, of the R.A.M.C. The news came ...
Evacuated from Birmingham to Stratford

When I was 13 years old, the Second World War began and I was evacuated. From Birmingham St Andrews, I was sent to Stratford upon Avon on Friday – two ...
The War In Stratford, and the Mop

In 1939 when the war was announced, I was 18 years old. I was stood on the side of the road next to the cinema waiting for my mum to ...
Six Sons at War: A Stratford Family's Story

Not many of us could send a child off to war, so imagine having to say goodbye to all six of your sons, not knowing if you’ll ever see them ...
Edwards' Coaches of Bishop's Itchington: The Second World War and Beyond

(Continued from part four) In 1939 came the second world war. Jimmy was very busy taking workers to AP (Lockeed), Flavel’s, Tachbrook Aero, Ford’s and other factories. One day, two gunners came ...
The Life and Times of James Edwards: The First World War

(Continued from part two) When the war broke out in 1914, Jim was in a reserved job, farm worker, at first (he wore an armband to show that the was in ...
Growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1940s

The war left a high level of tension in Stratford, with a lot of people suffering with nerves and anxiety affecting many families in town. To add to this there ...
Wartime Requisition of two Cottages in Aston Cantlow

Demand for accommodation in Alcester area was particularly pressing as the Maudslay Motor Company transferred virtually all of its production operations from Coventry to a “shadow factory” at Great Alne ...
Waiting for Napoleon: Wormleighton's 'Dad's Army' of 1803

In August 1803 James Arnold, the Superintendent (i.e. Parish Constable) of Wormleighton compiled schedules of men willing to offer their services as volunteers when the imminently expected French invasion commenced. Wormleighton’s ...
Warmington and the Battle of Edgehill

Few battles in British history have left as indelible an impression on the popular imagination as the first major engagement of the English Civil War, fought at Edgehill, between Radway ...
Researching the Military Tribunals in Warwickshire

I first became aware of the First World War tribunals whilst on an Access to Higher Education course in 2000. My history dissertation was going to be on how the ...
The Great War and Miss Corelli's Garden

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Military Conscription Act – which required all single men between the ages of 18 and 41 to sign up for military service ...
Premises Bombed in Nuneaton

Germans bombs rained down and many homes and businesses were flattened, here is one such business owner explaining why rent has not been paid. 10-12 Stratford Street Nuneaton Dear Sir, I have ...