Herefordshire in the Second World War

A collection of items that relate to the Second World War in Herefordshire.

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Collections
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Eileen E Atkins (nee Hanks) Collection
Eileen E Atkins (nee Hanks) Collection
Hereford Times 1939 -1945
Hereford Times 1939 -1945
John Coleman collection
John Coleman collection
Kathleen Stow collection
Kathleen Stow collection
Land army in Ross-on-Wye, 1947 - 1949
Land army in Ross-on-Wye, 1947 - 1949
Moraston Gang - Women's land army in Herefordshire 1947
Moraston Gang - Women's land army in Herefordshire 1947
Original documents relating to ROF Rotherwas
Original documents relating to ROF Rotherwas
R.O.F. Rotherwas - Front Line Duty
R.O.F. Rotherwas - Front Line Duty
Ross Gazette - Second World War
Ross Gazette - Second World War
VE Day, 8 May 1945
VE Day, 8 May 1945
Withington Home Guard log book
Withington Home Guard log book
Items
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Albert Charles Victor Chambers in War Department Constabulary uniform during the Second World War, in which he served between July 1940 - December 1945
Albert Charles Victor Chambers in War Department Constabulary uniform during the Second World War, in which he served between July 1940 - December 1945
Arctic convoy: Ludlow’s Ivan Hall (right) with fellow merchant seaman Rogers in the Brazilian port of Santos
Arctic convoy: Ludlow’s Ivan Hall (right) with fellow merchant seaman Rogers in the Brazilian port of Santos
Close friends: German prisoners of war (POW) in a Herefordshire hop yard, possibly Pomona Farm at Bartestree
Close friends: German prisoners of war (POW) in a Herefordshire hop yard, possibly Pomona Farm at Bartestree
Close friends: German prisoners of war (POW) in a Herefordshire hop yard, possibly Pomona Farm at Bartestree
Close friends: German prisoners of war (POW) in a Herefordshire hop yard, possibly Pomona Farm at Bartestree
Dig for Victory: Naomi Edwards and her brother help dig up the vegetable patch at the back of the family home, 30 Cotterell Street, Hereford for an Anderson air raid shelter
Dig for Victory: Naomi Edwards and her brother help dig up the vegetable patch at the back of the family home, 30 Cotterell Street, Hereford for an Anderson air raid shelter
Empty shells: May Morgan (second from right) and colleagues work on empty shells
Empty shells: May Morgan (second from right) and colleagues work on empty shells
Female conscription: Women’s Land Army workers cleaning up for the dairy on a Herefordshire farm
Female conscription: Women’s Land Army workers cleaning up for the dairy on a Herefordshire farm
Flying Spitfires: Marjorie Rosser was conscripted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in 1942
Flying Spitfires: Marjorie Rosser was conscripted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in 1942
Going bananas: Bananas were on every table at this Berrington Street party
Going bananas: Bananas were on every table at this Berrington Street party
Going bananas: Bananas were on every table at this Berrington Street party in Hereford
Going bananas: Bananas were on every table at this Berrington Street party in Hereford
Hereford Sector Home Guard outside HQ
Hereford Sector Home Guard outside HQ
In training: Home Guard unit, Callow, Hereford
In training: Home Guard unit, Callow, Hereford
Party time: VE Day coincided with Mary Lewis’ 20th birthday
Party time: VE Day coincided with Mary Lewis’ 20th birthday
Police Force, ROF Rotherwas, Second World War
Police Force, ROF Rotherwas, Second World War
Poster girl: Topsy Price from Ross-on-Wye featured on a wartime recruitment poster for the Women’s Land Army
Poster girl: Topsy Price from Ross-on-Wye featured on a wartime recruitment poster for the Women’s Land Army
Radio DJ: Seen here on Castle Green, Nora Foster was recruited to work at ROF Rotherwas, but soon found herself in the factory’s radio studio
Radio DJ: Seen here on Castle Green, Nora Foster was recruited to work at ROF Rotherwas, but soon found herself in the factory’s radio studio
ROF Rotherwas munitions workers, 1947
ROF Rotherwas munitions workers, 1947
ROF Rotherwas munitions workers on tea break
ROF Rotherwas munitions workers on tea break
Still at war: Howard Laws, later vicar of Aston Ingham and Lea, was fighting the Japanese in Burma while Victory Europe Day was being celebrated at home
Still at war: Howard Laws, later vicar of Aston Ingham and Lea, was fighting the Japanese in Burma while Victory Europe Day was being celebrated at home
Under attack:: Thomas Williams (front row, third from left) in front of the anti aircraft guns at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Rotherwas
Under attack:: Thomas Williams (front row, third from left) in front of the anti aircraft guns at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Rotherwas
VE Day party, Foley Street, Hereford, May 1945
VE Day party, Foley Street, Hereford, May 1945
William Garland, Hereford Home Guard and ex-soldier
William Garland, Hereford Home Guard and ex-soldier
Work Fatality: Edith Davies from Railway Terrace, Stretton Sugwas, seen here (top left) with a bunch of birthday flowers in the 1940s. Edith was badly affected by handling high explosives and died not long after the war ended
Work Fatality: Edith Davies from Railway Terrace, Stretton Sugwas, seen here (top left) with a bunch of birthday flowers in the 1940s. Edith was badly affected by handling high explosives and died not long after the war ended
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