SECOND WORLD WAR IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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Page link: 30th General Hospital of the University of California Part 1
30th General Hospital of the University of California Part 1
WW2 US Hospital at Sutton in Ashfield
Page link: 30th General Hospital UCLA Part 2
30th General Hospital UCLA Part 2
Further pictures of the US Army hospital at Sutton-in-Ashfield during the Second World War
Page link: Death of a Land Army girl
Death of a Land Army girl
Beeston family mourns
Page link: Dukes Wood, Eakring
Dukes Wood, Eakring
Oklahoma comes to wartime Sherwood Forest
Page link: Mansfield and the 'Phoney War', 1939-40
Mansfield and the 'Phoney War', 1939-40
Some newspaper findings
Page link: Newark's 80th Anniversary Commemoration, Ransome and Marles Ball Bearings Air Raid
Newark's 80th Anniversary Commemoration, Ransome and Marles Ball Bearings Air Raid
7th March 1941-2021 - 80th Anniversary Commemoration
Page link: Nottingham Empire
Nottingham Empire
'Bubbling Over' November 1944
Page link: RAF Balderton book published
RAF Balderton book published
Station of Nations - The History of RAF Balderton
Page link: The Bestwood Tragedy
The Bestwood Tragedy
A fatal wartime accident in Bestwood Village
Page link: The Hucknall Incident
The Hucknall Incident
Franz von Werra, Luftwaffe POW who nearly got away from Nottinghamshire
Page link: The Last Crew of Lancaster W4270
The Last Crew of Lancaster W4270
The story behind a WW11 bomber crash at Staunton-in-the-Vale
Page link: The Royal Engineers' Homecoming Parade
The Royal Engineers' Homecoming Parade
The march up Foster Avenue, Beeston, July 2009
Page link: The Von Werra Incident
The Von Werra Incident
Personal reminiscences
Page link: When 'Nellie' Came to Clumber
When 'Nellie' Came to Clumber
Winston Churchill's innovative war machine tested in Notts
Page link: Who Remembers Hay-Box Cookery?
Who Remembers Hay-Box Cookery?
The wartime 'Slow Cooker'
Page link: WW2 Land Army Girl
WW2 Land Army Girl
Dorothy Norman of Nottingham
Page link: WW2 LAND ARMY WOMEN
WW2 LAND ARMY WOMEN
Part 2 - WW2 Women's Land Army - Dorothy Norman
Category link: POW Camps in Nottinghamshire
POW Camps in Nottinghamshire
Prisoner of War Camps in the First And second World Wars
Category link: VE Day and VJ Day in Nottinghamshire
VE Day and VJ Day in Nottinghamshire
How the end of the Second World War was celebrated across the county
Category link: Wartime in The Meadows
Wartime in The Meadows
Memories of World War II