Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Addenda - All Rights Reserved
• Dedication
• Foreword - Leslie Crowther
• Introduction
• CHAPTERS
• PART ONE - ON THE HOME FRONT
• 1. Early memories of Gladys Dyson and Edward Joll
• 2. Major John Wood, 1913-1983
• 3. Evacuees in Keynsham, described by I. Lerpiniere, S Olive, D Ollis and S Holburn
• 4. Fry's Factory in war-time Keynsham, the Somerdale Magazine and Private F Passco
• 5. The War over Keynsham, a chronology of events by Jean Crowther, Phyllis Clayfield and others
• 6. Air Raid Precaution Wardens, from J Smith, P Clayfield, E Cannock and W Sherer
• 7. The Royal Observer Corps in Keynsham, featuring Alf Thomas, I Peters, A Randall and D Dyson
• 8. The National Fire Service, the reminiscences of S Holborn
• 9. The Keynsham Home Guard, 1940-1944 with contribution from Major Scammell, A Pagett, J Ollis and L Whittock
• 10. When the Americans came to Keynsham, recalled by M Bates, A Randall, W Down and others
• 11. War-Time Memories from the Home Front, the autobiograhy of Jean Williams, wife and mother.
• PART TWO - ON THE BATTLE FRONT
• 12. 'I was there', by Sapper Williams, 1915-1981
• 13. 'Posted to Keynsham' Major Wakeling's autobiography
• 14. A Keynsham soldier on the Japanese Death Railway, the experiences of Sapper Leonard Hall
• 15. 'Dunkirk, May-June 1940', by Major BJ Rober, RA
• 16. An Old Soldier remembers a different Keynsham, the recollections of the late Private Les Harding
• 17. A Family of Builders, in Keynsham and Korea, the experiences of Lance Bombardier Chris Wiggins.
• 18. Join the Army and See the World, as experienced by Sergeant Ron Headington, MM
• 19. Thomas George Williams, 1895-1974
• 20. Two soldiers recall D-Day Drama. Howard Jeffrey and Bill Cotter reminisce.
• 21. 'From the Jockey's Seat to the Burma Jungle' 2nd Lieutenant Desmond Crease, by Dinah Ruttledge
• 22. 'Warfare on the High Seas' an autobiography by Leiut. Month Veale, RNVR
• 23. More D-Day Drama, at Sea, the experiences of AB Herbert Phelps, Croix de Guerre
• 24. 'Brothers in War', OS Derek Renshaw, by Brian Renshaw
• 25. Flying in the Royal Air Force, recalled by Sergeant Geoff Sherwell
• 26. 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' with Flight Lieut, M Sparey and Corporal Les Harvey
• 27. Fifty Years On
• 28. VE Day Celebration Parties
• The Roll of Honour 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
• INDEX