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| 2922 | BROOKS, Peter. Coastal Towns at War: the Story of Cromer and Sheringham in the Second World War. 86p., illus., index. Norwich: Poppyland, 1988. ISBN: 094614835X.
Very much Home Guard and air defence focused, but with some minimal naval information. |
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| 2923 | BROWN, Malcolm & MEEHAN, Patricia. Scapa Flow: The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars. 264p., illus., index. London: Allen Lane, 1968.
A collection of reminiscences, fairly equally divided between the two wars. Gives a good impression of life at the anchorage. |
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| 2924 | CARTER, Geoffrey. The Royal Navy at Portland since 1845. 144p., bibliog., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1987. ISBN: 0907771297.
Over 40 pages look at a range of activities stretching from Dunkirk to D-Day. |
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| 2925 | CHADWICK, Steve. Loch Ewe During World War II. [ii], 40p., illus., index. North Kessock: Wilderness Guides, 1996. ISBN: 0952813408. A local historian describes the base, its activities and defences, the Home Fleet and Arctic convoys and the wrecking of a Liberty ship. Some personal reminiscences are included. A second edition was published by Wilderness Guides in 2014. |
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| 2926 | CHORLTON, Martyn. Scottish Airfields in the Second World War. Vol. 1: The Lothians. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Newbury: Countryside, 2008. ISBN: 9781846741067.
A detailed view of their use and the deployment of all squadrons, including FAA and Coastal Command. |
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| 2927 | CHORLTON, Martyn. Scottish Airfields in the Second World War. Vol. 2: Fife & Central Region. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Newbury: Countryside, 2009. ISBN: 9781846741487.
A detailed view of their use and the deployment of all squadrons, including FAA and Coastal Command. |
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| 2928 | CHORLTON, Martyn. Scottish Airfields in the Second World War. Vol. 3: The Grampians. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Newbury: Countryside, 2010. ISBN: 9781846741692.
A detailed view of their use and the deployment of all squadrons, including FAA and Coastal Command. Has a pronounced RAF bias. |
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| 2929 | CLAMP, Arthur L. Dartmouth & Kingswear During the Second World War 1939–45. 40p., illus. [Plymouth: author, c.1994].
A heavily illustrated account of wartime life in a town very much in the front line, from air raids to the assault on Europe. |
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| 2930 | CLAMP, Arthur L. United States Naval Advanced Amphibious Base Plymouth 1943–1945. 32p., illus. [Plymouth: author,1994]. ISBN: 0901474266.
A largely photographic record of the creation and operation of the base which supported the troops for the landings on Utah beach. |
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| 2931 | COLLYER, David G. Deal and District at War 1939-1945. xii, 212p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1995. ISBN: 0750910259.
The small port of Deal opposite the Goodwin Sands was in the frontline from the start of the war. Some naval material of interest. |
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| 2932 | CONE, Philip J. 100 Years of Parkeston Quay and Its Ships. 93p., illus., index. [Ramsey: author, 1983]. Of limited value but has factual details of WWII traffic. |
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| 2933 | CORMACK, Alastair, & CORMACK, Anne. Bolsters Blocks Barriers: The Story of the Building of the Churchill Barriers in Orkney. 84p., bibliog., illus. Kirkwall: Orkney View, 1992. ISBN: 1870460065.
Sixty illustrations and an accompanying text describe the response to the Royal Oak tragedy. |
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| 2934 | COUSINS, Geoffrey. The Story of Scapa Flow. xiv, 209p., bibliog., illus. London: Muller, 1965.
The last 50 pages are concerned with a routine retelling of some of the events of WWII. |
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| 2935 | CUNNINGHAM, Cyril. The Beaulieu River Goes to War. vii, 79p. Brockenhurst: Montagu Ventures, 1994. ISBN: 0952338602.
A local history. Over five hundred assault craft and barges used the river before D-Day, while an assortment of miscellaneous units had bases there, from scientists to SOE. |
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| 2936 | DOHERTY, Richard. Key to Victory: The Maiden City in the Second World War. Antrim: Greystone, 1995. 124p., illus. ISBN: 1870157214.
Londonderry at War. The port played a key role in the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 2937 | EDELMAN, Ian. Gosport: A Pictorial History. 124p., illus. Chichester: Phillimore, 1993. ISBN: 0850338891.
In and around this major base. |
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| 2938 | EDGINGTON, M. A. Bournemouth and the Second World War 1939–1945. v, 120p., bibliog., illus. Bournemouth: Bournemouth Local Studies Publications, 1994. ISBN: 1873887035.
A narrative chronological history by a local historian of a town at war and one with some naval connections. |
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| 2939 | ENDACOTT, D. L. (Andy). Naval Heritage in the West Part II. 64p., illus. [Plymouth: author, 1987]. ISBN: 0951152718.
A heavily illustrated view of naval life in the West Country around the Tamar in the first half of the twentieth century. |
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| 2940 | EVANS, John. Flying Boat Haven. 35p., illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1985. ISBN: 1870745043.
An illustrated guide to the RAF station, used for flying boats during the war. Regularly reprinted. |
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| 2941 | EVANS, John. Pembroke Dock Reflections. 84p., illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 2001. ISBN: 1870745124.
Looks at the changing face of a dockyard town in the twentieth century. Heavily illustrated. |
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