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| 2902 | RUBIN, Gerry R. Durban 1942: A British Troopship Revolt. x, 148p., bibliog., index. London: Hambledon, 1992. ISBN: 1852850809.
A well-researched account of a revolt by RAF personnel over squalid conditions on the troopship City of Canterbury which they were meant to board at Capetown. |
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| 2903 | SANDERS, Jacquin. A Night before Christmas. 320p. Don Mills, Ont.: Longman; New York: Putnam, 1963.
The Belgian liner Leopoldville was torpedoed off Cherbourg on 24 December 1944 with great loss of life to the US 66th Infantry. |
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| 2904 | SATCHELL, Alister. Running the Gauntlet: How Three Giant Liners Carried a Million Men to War, 1942-1945. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 2001. ISBN: 1861761643.
The wartime cipher officer of the Aquitania describes how she, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary operated as troopships. Based heavily on his wartime diaries. |
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| 2905 | VAUX, Peter. Voyage to the Desert: An Account of the Voyage of 4 Royal Tank Regiment & 4 NZ Fd Arty Regiment in HMT City of London From Liverpool to Suez in the Winter of 1940-41. iii, 32p., bibliog., illus. Fleet: Vaux Publications, 1999.
An interesting account of the WS5A convoy attacked by Scheer. |
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| 2906 | WENT, Vic, & STACEY, Reg. Diary of a Wartime Cruise. 138p., illus. Braunton: Merlin, 1988. ISBN: 0863033741.
A memoir by a member of the Pay Corps, much concerned with a voyage to the Middle East via the Cape in 1940 on HMT P12 - the Empress of Britain. |
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| 2907 | Atlantic Memorial: The Foyle and the Western Approaches 1939–1945. 95p., illus. Derry: Derry City Council, c.1995.
A photographic account of Derry at War with the links to the RN emphasised prominently. |
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| 2908 | Bombers over Merseyside. 48p., illus. Liverpool: Daily Post and Echo, 1943.
A record of the 1940–41 "Blitz." Reprinted by Scouse Press in 1993 (ISBN: 0901367273) . |
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| 2909 | Port at War: Being the Story of the Port of Liverpool, Its Ordeals and Achievements during the World War 1939–1945. 64p., illus. Liverpool: Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 1946.
A profusely illustrated account of the port's contribution to victory. Attributed to T. J. Buckley. Reproduced by the publisher in 1988. |
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| 2910 | Smitten City: The Story of Portsmouth in the Air Raids 1940–1944. 63p., illus. Portsmouth: Evening News, [1945].
A largely photographic account of the heavy damage to this great naval centre. |
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| 2911 | Sunderland in the Blitz. [40p.], illus. Sunderland: Wear Books, 1990. ISBN: 0905108248.
Really of marginal interest in that Sunderland was an important shipbuilding port. Each page has a captioned photograph showing bomb damage to the town, largely in residential areas. Does give a good impression of the devastation caused. |
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| 2912 | ACTON, Viv, & CARTER, Derek. Cornish War & Peace: The Road to Victory and Beyond. 167p. Truro:Landfall, 1995. ISBN: 1873443218.
Follows on their earlier work, below, to look at the social conditions as victory approached. |
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| 2913 | ACTON, Viv, & CARTER, Derek. Operation Cornwall 1940–1944: The Fal, the Helford and D-Day. 168p., bibliog., illus., index. Truro: Landfall, 1994. ISBN: 1873443145.
A local history describing the impact of war on this part of Cornwall. It was a major base area before D-Day. |
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| 2914 | ARMSTRONG, Craig. Tyneside in the Second World War. xiv, 178 p., illus. Chichester: Phillimore, 2007. ISBN: 1860774679.
Tyneside was a major industrial area and shipbuilding area, which suffered substantial bomb damage. |
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| 2915 | ATTWOOLL, Maureen & HARRISON, Denise. Weymouth and Portland at War: Countdown to D-Day. 100p., bibliog., illus., index. Wimborne: Dovecote Press, 1993. ISBN: 1874336164.
A good illustrated local history covering the entire war, although the major focus is 1944. |
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| 2916 | BARTON, Brian. The Blitz: Belfast in the War Years. vi, 329p., bibliog., illus., index. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1989. ISBN: 0856404268.
A good history including the raids on the docks, but with little naval material. |
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| 2917 | BATES, L. M. Thames on Fire: The Battle of London River 1939–1945. x, 189p., bibliog., illus., index. Lavenham: Dalton, 1985.
The Port of London at war. |
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| 2918 | BLACK, Nancy. Courage. 68p., illus. Oban: [author], 1993. ISBN: 095228300X.
Memories of a teenager in Oban who worked in the MacBrayne Office where she helped with the routine of sending convoys on their way. |
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| 2919 | BOWLEY, R. L. Scilly at War. 346p., illus., index. St Mary's: Bowley Publications, 2001. ISBN: 0900184345.
There are over one hundred pages on WW2, covering the war experience of islanders in the armed forces, actions taking place around the islands and their role as a base for Coastal Forces and air-sea rescue. |
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| 2920 | BREAKELL, Bernard. Falmouth at War. 48p., illus. Launceston: Amigo, 1990.
A short, partial and very personal account. |
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| 2921 | BRIDGES, Antony. Scapa Ferry. 231p., illus. London: Davies, 1957.
An autobiographical tale of a young barrister, who, as his contribution to the war effort, set up in business with a 40-foot cutter to transport material from the mainland for the reconstruction of Scapa Flow. |
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