This local history explores the wartime contributions and sacrifices of a strategically significant English port town during WWII. Located on the River Wear, Sunderland was a vital hub for shipbuilding and coal exportation. During the Second World War, these important attributes marked it as a prime target for the Luftwaffe. The town experienced numerous air raids, including one which caused devastating casualties and structural damage. The authorities struggled to provide adequate shelters and Air Raid Precautions services. Sunderland also had a proud tradition of military service. Many joined the local Army regiment, the famed Durham Light Infantry, which saw action in almost every theater of the war. Other brave Wearsiders joined the Merchant Navy, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force. Some served in Bomber Command, seeking vengeance for the brutal bombing of their home town.
Sunderland at War 1939-45
A close-up look at what World War II was like for this Scottish city—the second most raided in Britain.
Aberdeen at War, 1939-45
This unique collection is a full series and gives a most wonderful insight not only to the serving men and women but also to the local Jewish life in Sunderland during the War Years. Harold A Davis
Aside from its worldwide use with the RAF, it saw action with the RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF. This is the first book devoted to the Sunderland's WW2 service to be published in over a decade.
This is not a history book, but a chronical, a diary of events, taken mainly from the pages of the Sunderland Echo, which I hope will give the reader a sense of whay life was really like for residents of the County Borough Sunderland during ...
This book captures some of the experiences of the Royal Australian Air Force members who served with Coastal Command and, through the weight of numbers alone, stories of the Sunderland squadrons and the Battle of the Atlantic dominate the ...
Just five days after a bomb fell in a garden at the back of Lawe Road, the Mayor of South Shields, Alderman W.L. Pearson, related how he had received a letter from the town's MP, Alderman J. ChuterEde, praising the response and spirit ...
"Maritime is Number Ten": A History of No. 10 Squadron RAAF : the Sunderland Era, 1939-1945
Richmond at War, 1939-1945