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| 2962 | HILL, Ron. Weymouth at War: Ron Hill's Story of the Vessel My Girl, as Told to Marian Lye. 80p., 32pp. of plates. Wincanton: Dorset Publishing, 1990. ISBN: 0948699205.
Hill's pleasure cruiser was used as a tender during the war and is at the centre of a lively description of the effect of the war on the town, from Luftwaffe attacks to U-boat surrenders. |
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| 2963 | HIND, Robert W. The Naval Camps of Bedhampton, Havant and Leigh Park. vi, 105p., illus. Havant, YG Publications, 2003. ISBN: 0954616006.
A solid well researched local history. |
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| 2964 | HITCHMAN, H. G., & DRIVER, P. HMS Badger, Harwich: 5 Years in the Front Line. 131p., illus. Harwich: author, 1985.
Written as a diary/chronology apparently relying heavily on local newspapers. Also has a 20-page account of the naval base. A rather colourless account of the dangers and excitements visited on the town. |
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| 2965 | HOLME, Richard. Cairnryan Military Port, 1940–1996: From U-Boats to the Ark Royal. 60p., bibliog., illus. Wigtown: G. C. Book Publishers, 1997. ISBN: 1872350224.
Cairnryan was created to provide additional secure port facilities on the West Coast. Later it was used for surrendered U–boats and as a breakers yard. Well-researched and produced local history. |
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| 2966 | HUGHES, John. Port in a Storm: The Air Attacks on Liverpool and Its Shipping in the Second World War. x, 181p., illus., index. Birkenhead: Merseyside Port Folios, 1993. ISBN: 0951612964.
An exhaustive and comprehensive local history, which concentrates on the May Blitz of 1941. |
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| 2967 | HUGHES, Mike. Hebrides at War. viii, 120p., illus. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1998. ISBN: 0862417716.
A photographic record which tells the tale of the local involvement in the bases and training areas for Navy, Air Force and Army. |
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| 2968 | HUMPHREYS, Roy. Dover at War, 1939–1945. xi, 242p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN: 0750902086.
A diary of events in a front line port. Concentrates on the town. |
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| 2969 | HUTTON, John. An Illustrated History of Cardiff Docks. Volume 3: The Cardiff Railway Company and the Docks at War. 160p., illus., index. Kettering: Silver Link, 2009. ISBN: 9781857943092.
A mainly photographic record. |
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| 2970 | IRVINE, James W. The Giving Years: Shetland & Shetlanders 1939–1945. 334p., illus., index. Lerwick: Shetland Publishing, 1991. ISBN: 0906736153.
Deals mainly with Shetland people in WWII, and as many served in the Merchant Navy there is much about the ships they were on and their fates. Also covers enemy activity around the Shetland coast and ship casualties in the area. |
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| 2971 | JEFFREY, Andrew. This Dangerous Menace: Dundee and the River Tay at War, 1939 to 1945. 190p., bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1991. ISBN: 1851584927.
Includes information on Dundee's role as a submarine base for the 9th Flotilla. |
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| 2972 | JEFFREY, Andrew. This Present Emergency: Edinburgh, the River Forth and South-East Scotland and the Second World War. 156p., bibliog., illus. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1992. ISBN: 1851585060.
The weakest of the trilogy, with little on the role of the Navy beyond the early air raids on Rosyth. |
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| 2973 | JEFFREY, Andrew. This Time of Crisis: Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the North West Approaches in the Second World War. 190p., bibliog., illus. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1993. ISBN: 1851585826.
War on the West Coast began with the landing of the Athenia's survivors. The horrendous blitz on the Clyde valley is described as is the role of a variety of training establishments for everything from Combined Operations to X-Craft. |
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| 2974 | JENKINS, Ford. Port War: Lowestoft 1939–1945. 80p., illus. Ipswich: Cowell, 1946.
A largely photographic record of Lowestoft at war, by its mayor. Many small craft were based there and they feature prominently. |
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| 2975 | JENKINS, Paul. Battle over Portsmouth: A City at War in 1940. ix, 117p., bibliog., illus., index. Midhurst: Middleton, 1986. ISBN: 0906520290.
A heavily illustrated chronological account of the raids on the city and its impact on the various naval establishments. Reprinted in 1992. |
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| 2976 | JOHNSON, Derek E. East Anglia at War 1939-45. 159p., bibliog., illus. Norwich: Jarrold, 1978. ISBN: 0853068135.
Has some very limited information on coastal traffic, lifeboat rescues and the Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich bases. A second revised edition was published in 1992 (ISBN: 0711705984) . |
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| 2977 | KELLY, Mary Pat. Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland. 164p., illus. Belfast: Appletree, 1994. ISBN: 0811724603.
An anecdotal account, which includes material on the US Navy at Derry, and on preparations for D-Day. |
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| 2978 | KEMP, Paul. Liverpool and the Battle of the Atlantic 1939–45. 120p., illus. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1993. ISBN: 0907771556.
A photographic collection on the men, the ships, and the port. |
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| 2979 | KING, Allan. Wings on Windermere: The History of the Lake District's Forgotten Flying Boat Factory. 160p., bibliog., illus. Redbourn: Mushroom Model Publications, 2008. ISBN: 9788389450821.
Describes the building and operation of the Short Brothers factory building Sunderlands in the Lake District, as well as some of the battles their products fought. |
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| 2980 | KINSEY, Gordon. Seaplanes – Felixstowe: The Story of the Air Station 1913-1963. xii, 228p., bibliog., illus., index. Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1978. ISBN: 0900963891.
An important experimental station. |
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| 2981 | LAMB, Gregor. Sky over Scapa 1939–1945. [xiv], 162p., bibliog., illus., index. Birsay: Byrgisey, 1991. ISBN: 0951344323.
A heavily illustrated account of wartime life for the FAA and RAF crews who served in the Orkneys. |
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