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Rushden in Wartime (by year) |
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Introduction |
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Boer War
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Boer War - mainpage |
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Waterloo |
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Crimean War |
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WWI
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Effects of the War - The First Month -1914 |
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Afghanistan & Jowaki 1877-80 |
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Belgian Guests 1914 |
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Sikkim 1888 |
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Relief of the Belgians - 1914 |
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Boer War - mainpage |
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Shoemanuf's Sons Enlisted |
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WWI Street Shrines |
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Glassbrook Road - News Notes 1914-1918 |
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War Memorial - mainpage |
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Home Hints 1915 |
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Local Defence in Rushden 1915 |
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Medical Officer's Hints |
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Recruits |
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Air Raid |
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Appeals Tribunals - mainpage |
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German POWs at Rushden House - 1916 |
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High Street South - 1916 |
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Scouts - Service in WWI |
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St John Ambulance Men in WWI |
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Rolls of Honour - mainpage |
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Injured Soldiers insignia |
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Cenotaph in London |
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Photographs at National Archives |
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Memorial Service 1917 St Mary's Church
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Promotions in WWI |
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Memorial Service 1917 Baptist Church
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Rationing WWI |
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CWS Shoe Factory - Enlisted men
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Red Cross in WWI |
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Oldest Soldier - Pte A Davis |
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Rushden's 'Gurkhas'
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Rev C J Keeler 1916 |
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Display of War Pictures 1916
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Rev W H Tomkins - 1918
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Shop Outing 1917 |
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Memorial Chapel - St Mary's Church
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Aeroplanes - WWI |
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Civilians killed in World War II
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Cultivating Waste Land - 1917 |
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Methodist deaths in World War II
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Girls at CWS 1917 |
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The Royal British Legion
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Glimpses of War - 1917 |
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Outings - 1917 |
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Cenotaph Service
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Peace Declared 1918 |
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Memorial Hospital
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Information to Relatives - 1940s
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USAF in Hall Park
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War Memorial & Church Photos
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Remembrance Services 2008 |
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Food in Wartime - MO Report 1920 |
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Blackberry Picking 1918 |
| Awards & Tributes (in year order) |
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Flax Gatherers at Hinwick |
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WWI
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WWI Awards & Tributes Index |
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Absent Voters 1918 & 1919 |
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Wartime in Rushden WWI |
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Major J A Browning - For King & Country |
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Shoetrade in WWI |
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F Wykes - TA Certificate 1914-19 |
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Soldiers Return - 1919 |
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Short Brothers - Brothers in Arms |
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Special Constables
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Nurses In WWI |
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Visiting War Graves |
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WWII
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WWII Awards & Tributes Index |
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WWII
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Pilgrimage 1928 |
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Events of 1939 |
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Rationing WWII |
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Mission Incredible - 1944 |
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Wartime in Rushden WWII (by date) |
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Paddy - the War Dog 1947 |
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Evacuees - mainpage |
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Korea
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Pte Keith Nutter |
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Rushden Motor Ambulance Group |
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Boot & Clothing Fund 1940 |
| Enlistments & Service Records |
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Gift for the Northamptonshires |
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Chelsea Hospital patients (refs) |
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Court Estate First Aid Post |
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Naval Service 1900-1925 (refs) |
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Entertainment WWII - by Arthur Griggs |
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WWI
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Enlistments |
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Ploughing 1940 |
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Paddling at Ditchford 1940 |
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Bombs fell on Rushden |
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Training Recruits |
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War Office:Service Records (refs) |
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WWII
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Enlistments(by date, regt, name, town, employer) |
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Army Boxing Contest 1941 |
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Canadians -1940 |
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Serving Men & Women - galleries |
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PX Employees Serving |
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Local Wartime Service WWII |
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| Soldiers Notes, Letters and Newsclips |
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Writing home - Rest Huts |
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Luke Seckington 1888 |
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WWI
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Soldiers Notes - mainpage |
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Walter Denton - Survivor |
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Denny Brothers |
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Aaron Upton 1870s |
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Pte Dickens & cousins at the Front 1915 |
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Gold Medal 1915 |
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Brown Brothers |
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Clayton Boys 1916 |
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Sapper Darnell - Signalling 1916 |
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Laughton Brothers 1917 |
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W E Lockie 1916 Russia |
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Mackness Brothers WWI |
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Parker Family 1917 |
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Armistice in Cairo 1918 |
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Baker Brothers 1918 |
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Obituaries |
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Lt. L Perkins - demob 1919 |
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C W P H Wright |
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Soldiers' Pay & Dependents |
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WWII
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Soldiers Notes - mainpage |
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Promotions in WWII |
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Dickens, Jack - 1944 |
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Air Raid Shelter |
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Ekins, Joe - 1944 |
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Clark Gable's visit |
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Newell Family 1943 |
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Royal Oak - 1939 |
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Wartime Fundraising & Comforts |
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Money Lent to Parliament in 1643 |
| Soldiers Recounting Experiences |
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WWI
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Wartime Savings WWI |
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Zulu War - J Willmott 1879 |
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Belgian Relief Fund |
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Letter from Ernest King 1899 |
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Soldier's Diary of the Boer War - 1901 |
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National Relief Fund 1915 |
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Siege of Kimberley |
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Rose Day 1915 |
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Nursing Association Funds |
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WWI
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Conditions at the Front WWI |
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Parcels Fund WWI |
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Soldiers Notes - mainpage
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Prisoner of War Funds WWI |
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Red Cross Funds WWI |
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Family of Fighters |
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Snippets - WWI |
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Cecil Adnitt - "Wireless" Officer 1914 |
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Street Shrines - funds for troops |
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Horace Twelvetree - Naval Airman 1915 |
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Wounded Soldiers & Sailors Fund |
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Mr Percy Button 1915 |
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Writing home - Rest Huts |
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Sgt. T J Long 1915/16 |
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Comforts for Soldiers WWI |
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Pte. C Magee 1915 |
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Soldiers Return 1919 |
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Trooper Shoesmith at Ypres 1915 |
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Discharged Sailors and Soldiers |
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Arthur Vorley - Telegraphist - 1915 |
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WWII
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Knitting for Troops 1940-45 |
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Ernest Hawkes - Indian Cavalry 1915 |
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Spitfire Fund 1940 - mainpage |
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R W Bass |
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Parcels Fund 1942-1945 |
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Chubb Family |
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W J Wood |
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Posters for Fundraising |
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Prisoners of War |
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Prisoner of War Funds WWII |
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War Weapons Week 1941 & 1942 |
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Salvage 1942 |
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WWII
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Soldiers Notes - mainpage |
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HMS Quorn 1940-44 |
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Nazi prison ship 1943 |
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C Smith, RAF, in India 1943 |
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HMS Queen Elizabeth |
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Dickens - Patriotic Family 1944 |
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Aid to Russia 1942 |
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Joe Ekins |
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Aid for China 1943 |
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Chaplain - Ian Douglas-Jones |
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Boys' Brigade and The War
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Prisoners of War |
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Wings Week 1943 |
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War Memorial 1944 |
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Book Collections 1944 |
| Memories |
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Salute the Soldier Week |
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WWI Tank in Spencer Park & Memories |
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Wartime National Savings WWII |
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Reg Leach - Preparations for War 1939 |
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WWII Snippets |
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David Clark 1940's & An Autograph Book |
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Boot found 2018 |
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Daisy Clarke (nee Browning) - Evacuee |
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Sydney H Martin 1914-18 |
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Allies - Thanks, Gifts, and notes |
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William Abington's 1940 memories |
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Dutch Family - 1944 |
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Sgt B Fensome - 1944 |
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Gifts and notes |
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Fensom Brothers - 1944 |
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Boxing |
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Chris Glidle - 1944 |
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Army Boxing |
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Seamen & U Boat 1944 |
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R W Lockie 1944 |
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Events & Remembrance Services |
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Clifford Timpson 1940-45 |
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Armistice Day 1931 |
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Sunderland Aircrash 1946 |
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VE Day 1945 |
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Jack Tear's War |
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VE Day Teas 1945 |
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Ray Bridgeford 1955 |
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50 years - VE Day Parade 1995 |
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Korea Notes |
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Armistice Centenary 2018 |
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WWII Memories in 2005 |
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Remembrance Garden |
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| Military Groups |
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Poems |
see also writers & poets |
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W'boro Volunteers at Rushden 1881 |
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'Airy Pains' |
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Northamptonshire Regiment |
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Hunting The Huns |
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5th Platoon B Company 7th |
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Verse by E E Sears 1918 |
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R.A.M.C. |
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Verses by RWN - WWII |
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Local Defence in Rushden 1915 |
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We've Done a Bit Down 'ere |
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Northants Yeomanry 1915 |
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Poems by Michael Knight |
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Remembering - Sydney Tilley |
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Territorial Army - Introduction |
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Queries |
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Information Wanted WWI |
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20th TRB Shoemakers |
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Militia Lists |
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Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
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Inhabitants & Arms 1590 |
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Montagu Musters - early 1600's |
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Visiting Troops - WWI |
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Able Bodied Men 1638 |
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Home Guard - mainpage |
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Owners of Arms 1660 |
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Steelbacks' History in WWII Published |
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Militia Lists Introduction |
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Army Cadet Corps 1942 |
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Visiting Troops WWII |
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