Dartford in the Great War / by Stephen Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynn, Stephen, author.

Series:

Your towns and cities in the Great War.

Your towns and cities in the Great War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--England--Dartford.

World War, 1914-1918.

Dartford (England)--History.

Dartford (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.

Summary:

Dartford was a hive of activity during the Great War years, with most in the community doing their bit for the war effort in what ever way that they could. For men that meant enlisting in the armed forces, and for women that they were to take up roles that previously belonged to men. They worked in industry, delivered post, drove buses and taxis, and became carpenters and plumbers. They were also heavily relied on by volunteer organizations, such as Voluntary Aid Detachments, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and later in the war, the Women's Land Army. Nearby, there was a large munitions factory in the town, which maintained a large yet productive, mostly female, workforce to ensure it met the ever-increasing demand for shells and bullets and, throughout the town, hospitals to cared for the wounded servicemen of Britain, Australia, America and even Germany, whose captured military personnel were held at one of many local prisoner of war camps. Joyce Green Aerodrome was home to units of the Royal Flying Corps and latterly the Royal Air Force, who protected both Dartford and London from air raids. This book cover how Dartford endured thirty-seven German air raids. Miraculously, not one local resident was killed.At the end of the war, the people of Dartford returned to the normality of life as best as they could, but the world had changed forever. For those who had lost loved ones, and over 300 local families had, the changes would always be a painful reminder of the terrible price of the war.Dartford in the Great War is a meticulous and compelling account of this town and its dedicated people, who sacrificed so much in their effort to thrive in one history's most difficult periods.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: A Brief History of Dartford; Chapter 2: Dartford Grammar School War Memorial; Chapter 3: Dartford War Memorial; Chapter 4: Joyce Green Aerodrome; Chapter 5: Dartford through the eyes of the Press; Chapter 6: Military Service Tribunals; Chapter 7: Dartford's War Hospitals; Chapter 8: Dartford - East Hill Cemetery; Chapter 9: Dartford - Watling Street Cemetery; Chapter 10: Dartford - Stone Cemetery; Chapter 11: Women in the Great War; Chapter 12: War Memorials:; Darenth Hospital War Memorial; Swanscombe - St Peter & St Paul Church

Swanscombe - All Saints ChurchWilmington War Memorial; Longfield - St Mary Magdalene Church; Fawkham War Memorial; Hartley War Memorial; Sutton-at-Hone War Memorial; Chapter 13: German Prisoners of War; Chapter 14: Belgian Refugees; Chapter 15: The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment); Chapter 16: Margaret Maule; Afterword, About the Author & Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 30, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473864993

1473864992