1 The site of a Permanent Starfish, (‘Starfish’ from ‘Special Fires’). Fire based decoys were set up all over the country in November 1940 (following the bombing of Coventry in ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy installation known as a 'Starfish' from the Second World War. Night time fires were created to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs away from their real target.
Walls surrounded the medieval city of Coventry with 12 gateways and 32 towers made from handsome local red sandstone.
The city walls slighted
Just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, Charles ...
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 ...
1 Eathorpe lighting decoy emplacement in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting in an attempt to protect factories in Coventry. No ...
The site of a lighting civil decoy installation from the Second World War, designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence locates the site south west of Eathorpe.
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 ...
1 A Permanent Starfish site (‘Starfish’ from Special Fires). Fire based decoys were set up following the bombing of Coventry in November 1940 to protect urban areas, in this case ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy installation from the Second World War known as a Starfish. Night time fires were created to confuse enemy aircraft and to draw them away from their real target. Documentary evidence gives this grid reference 900m SW of Hunningham.
The Coventry Blitz was a series of bombing raids that took place on Coventry during World War Two. By far the most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940. ...
Walter Kimberley’s wartime experience is one of hardship, effort, determination… and ultimately death, though not by any bullet wound. His is a story that shows war can claim casualties away ...
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery, H22, first mentioned in June 1942 and part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. At that date is was not listed ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War, identified at this grid reference by documentary evidence. It was located 600m southwest of Ash-pole Spinney.
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery, part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was first listed in June 1942 as H24. At this date it was ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War identified at this grid reference by documentary evidence.
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery which was part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was listed as H29 and first mentioned in June 1942. At ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence. It was located 250m north of Tuckey's Bridge.
1 Site of a Royal Artillery Anti-Aircraft Operations Room covering the Coventry & Rugby Gun Defended Area. Built in the early 1950s. Building now demolished, only the footprint ...
The site of an anti aircraft operations room which was in use during the 1950s. The building has been demolished but the foundations are still visible. It was situated 600m north east of Stareton.
1 Leamington Hastings lighting bombing decoy site in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting and so draw the enemy away from ...
A lighting civil decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. It was located 500m northeast of Leamington Hastings.
I married Ken Ashford on 23rd December 1939. He was a Coventry kid. We met at my Grandmother’s house. I moved to Coventry where we lived with Ken’s father and ...
Julie Barnett wrote a vivid account of her wartime childhood that has been deposited at the Warwickshire County Record Office (Ref. CR 3913/1). The following is the first of a series of ...
During World War Two I was working as a radio engineer and had already seen many nights of air raids over Coventry.
Everywhere was lit up
The night of the Blitz, I ...
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation A, title H21, first mentioned in February 1940 and part of Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was equipped with 4 x ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War and identified from documentary and aerial photograph evidence. It was situated 400 metres east of Bulkington Bridge.