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- 1940: The Secret War at Shingle Street - What really happened at Shingle Street near Bawdsey, Suffolk. Story about the secret landing of Germans in UK.
www.shford.fslife.co.uk/ShingleSt
- 7th Loyals/92nd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment - History of British artillery regiment, World War Two.
geocities.com/lightackack
- 803 Landing Craft Flotilla - A history of the men and craft of the Royal Marine 803 LCV(p) Flotilla in the Second World War.
www.freezone.co.uk/803flotilla
- A British Soldier Remembers - The reminiscences of a soldier of the British 8th Army in North Africa, Sicily,Italy and Austria during WWII. Also; WWII weapons, vehicles, battle maps and music of the war including soldier's songs.
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/9656/index.html
- Aux Unit News - Auxiliary Units in the UK 1940-44 - Record of the Auxiliary Units 1940 - 44, Britain's secret resistance organisation which was formed to fight behind the lines in the event of a Nazi invasion.
www.auxunit.org.uk
- Britain In World War 2 - Has a collection of topic-specific webrings and links.
britaininworldwar2.future.easyspace.com
- British 1st Airborne Division - A group of living historians dedicated to preserving the history of the British airborne in WW II.
www.britishairborne.org
- Civvy street in World War Two - Stories of civilian life in Bristol, England during the Second World War. Includes related links and image and audio galleries.
www.macksites.com/PART1.htm
- Cpl. Stanley Atkin, Royal Norfolk Regiment in World War 2 - Story of the webmaster's grandfather, who served in British Expeditionary Force in France 1940. Diary, poem, war scroll, and regimental history.
www.geocities.com/norfolkregiment
- Horsham Fireservice - The War Years - History of the Horsham Fire Service in World War Two.
members.lycos.co.uk/margaretmagpie/FIRESERVICE.html
- Island Farm German POW Camp Bridgend - History of the German POW camp in Bridgend, South Wales, from which the largest number of POWs ever to escape a British run camp escaped in March 1945.
www.bridgend-powcamp.fsnet.co.uk
- One of Many - British Army organisation, history and function of the RASC. Sections on the 46th Division, Operation Avalanche and the North African and Italian campaigns.
www.btinternet.com/~oneofmany
- Register of Essex-realated dead of World War II - An online registry of British, Commonwealth, Allied and Axis people connected to the English county of Essex and whose death was attributable to World War Two. Also includes notes about Essex County during the war.
www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk/reg01.html
- Sid's War: From El Alamein to Cassino. - The story of an Argyll at War. The war time memories of Pvt. Sid Martindale 1st Battalion Argyll Sutherland Highlanders As told in this own words and photos
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8180/sid.html
- SNAG 56 / Naval Base Hospital No. 12 - Historical information on SNAG 56/Naval Base Hospital #12 established to care for Normandy invasion casualties. Photos, history extract and references.
adams.patriot.net/~eastlnd2/rj/alt/s56/snag56.htm
- Special Operations Executive - Profiles the women who worked for the Special Operations Executive during WW II - agents, wireless operators, coders, clerks, and the backroom girls.
www.64-baker-street.org
- The Communications Flight - The story of the contribution to the British war effort of the battle for RAF Station Habbaniya, Iraq, in May 1941.
skeet.worldonline.co.uk
- The Little Nurse, by Marjorie Penn - The personal memoir of a nurse in WWII England, surviving the Blitz and treating the victims of the bombing. Provides a unique view of the war on the 'home front'.
positiveinteraction.com/littleNurse
- War Gunner - Photos, links and information on the British Expeditionary Forces, Vimy Ridge, Dunkirk and North Africa from the perspective of an Oxfordshire soldier. Also includes a discussion of army cooking and recipes.
www.wargunner.co.uk
- Wartime Leicestershire - Maps, photographs, and articles about wartime (1939 to 1945) Leicestershire, including before and after Blitz pictures.
www.wartimeleicestershire.com
- World War II, a British Focus - Features a British focus on World War II memories and diaries. Links to other WWII sites.
www.warlinks.com
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