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| 2942 | FIFE, Malcolm. Crail and Dunino: The Story of Two Scottish Airfields (An Airfield Focus Special). 85p., illus. Peterborough: GMS Enterprises, 2003. ISBN: 1904514138.
A heavily illustrated account which covers their wartime role. |
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| 2943 | FORTY, George. Frontline Dorset: A County at War. 167p., bibliog., illus., index. Tiverton: Westcountry Books, 1994. ISBN: 1871164214.
Limited naval material |
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| 2944 | FOSTER, Reginald. Dover Front. 158p., illus. London: Secker & Warburg, 1941.
Dover was in the front line for much of the war and this book considers various aspects of its contribution to the war effort. |
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| 2945 | FOX, Leonard. Docker Goes to War! 138p., illus. Worcester: Square One, 1992. ISBN: 1872017606.
Fox served in the little known Docks Operating Royal Engineers, drawn from the Territorial Army. He describes recruitment, training and service in the UK and Mediterranean. |
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| 2946 | FOYNES, J. P. Under the White Ensign: Brightlingsea and the Sea War 1939–1945. 106p., illus. [Brightlingsea: author], 1993. ISBN: 0952155508.
Good local history which shows Brightlingsea as a microcosm of the East Coast war. |
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| 2947 | FREEMAN, Ray. A Wren's Eye View of Wartime Dartmouth. 32p., illus. Dartmouth: Dartmouth History Research Group, 1994. ISBN: 1899011013.
A well-illustrated local study based on original material. |
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| 2948 | GLASS, N. M. Caithness and the War 1939–1945: A Record. [vii], 166p., illus. Wick: North of Scotland Newspapers, 1994. ISBN: 1871704103.
A reprint of a work first published in 1948. It looks at the war as it affected the people of Caithness as well as the county and includes a roll of honour. Although a small underpopulated area it suffered all the horrors of war from being bombed, to losing nine men on Jervis Bay and having bodies from Exmouth washed up on her shores. An excellent amateur history. |
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| 2949 | GOODEY, Charles, & ROSE, Jack. The Story of HMS Europa. 30p., illus. Lowestoft: Royal Naval Patrol Service Association, 1977.
A brief account of the wartime home of the Royal Naval Patrol Service. |
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| 2950 | GRAYSTONE, Philip. The Blitz on Hull, 1940–1945. [45]p., illus. Hull: Lampada, 1991. ISBN: 1873811004.
A photographic record of the trials of the town. |
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| 2951 | HADWEN, Phil. Felixstowe at War: A Military History. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Felixstowe: Neil Wylie, 2001. ISBN: 0953654613. A heavily illustrated history with a substantial section on WW2. |
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| 2952 | HALL, Keith. HMS Dolphin: Gosport's Submarine Base. 128p., illus. Stroud: Tempus, 2001. ISBN: 0752421131.
A largely photographic record of the history of the base with limited information on World War II. |
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| 2953 | HARDY, Clive. Grimsby at War. [104p.], illus. Runcorn: Archive Publications, 1989. ISBN: 0948946504.
A photographic record of wartime life, including a section on Grimsby trawlers at war. |
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| 2954 | HARDY, Clive. Hull at War. 172p., illus. Derby: Breedon Books, 1993. ISBN: 1873626533.
A mainly photographic account of life in a frontline port. Much naval interest from blockade runners to shipbuilding. |
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| 2955 | HARRIS, Paul. Aberdeen at War. 128p., bibliog., illus. Bowdon: Archive, 1987. ISBN: 0948946067.
Over two hundred photographs cover war in the north-east of Scotland, although surprisingly few are of naval relevance. Reprinted by Lomond Books in 1995 as Aberdeen & the North East at War (ISBN: 8215958729) . |
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| 2956 | HARRIS, Paul. Glasgow & the Clyde at War. 112p., bibliog., illus., index. Bowdon: Archive, 1986. ISBN: 0948946024.
Some excellent atmospheric photographs, many of naval and merchant relevance and a solid accompanying text. |
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| 2957 | HENDRIE, William F. The Forth at War. 192p., illus. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2002. ISBN: 1841581836.
A large number of well chosen illustrations overshadow a banal text. About half of the book covers WW2. |
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| 2958 | HERBERT, A. P. Independent Member. [xii], 363p. London: Methuen, 1950.
Herbert was an MP for the University of Oxford. He was a law reformer, librettist, author, and public figure. Yet he still found time to enlist as a Petty Officer and take his six-ton boat Water Gipsy into the Navy. He spent six very active years combining his various careers with war service on the Thames, patrolling, towing, fetching, and carrying. Reprinted in 1970 by Howard Baker (ISBN: 0093088809). |
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| 2959 | HERBERT, A. P. The War Story of Southend Pier (The Battle of the Thames). 32p., illus. Southend-on-Sea: County Borough of Southend-on-Sea, 1945.
The engagingly told tale of a frontline port. Coastal convoys, magnetic mines, Dunkirk, the Blitz and D-Day were all part of its war. |
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| 2960 | HEWISON, W. S. Scapa Flow in War and Peace. x, 107p., 19pp of plates, bibliog., index. Kirkwall: Bellavista, 1995. ISBN: 0952535009.
A concise, popular paperback account. |
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| 2961 | HEWISON, W. S. This Great Harbour Scapa Flow (Aspects of Orkney, 3). [14], vii, 431p., bibliog., illus., index. Stromness: Orkney, 1985. ISBN: 0907618111.
A comprehensive history by a local journalist covering 1,000 years. Almost 150 pages are devoted to WWII. |
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