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Tynemouth and Wallsend at War 1939 - 1945 (Paperback)
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Tynemouth and Wallsend at War 1939 - 1945 (Paperback)
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Tynemouth and Wallsend were key communities in the national war
effort despite their relatively small size. Located on the key East
Coast they played a significant military and civil role in the war.
Tynemouth was situated at the key entry to the strategically
important River Tyne and was well defended against enemy attack
with several forts and other measures in place. The scenic seaside
town saw a large military build-up with several different army and
naval units rotating through the area to man defences and to train
whilst the local Home Guard unit was voted one of the best in the
country and was asked to give a radio broadcast on its methods
(despite some comic accidents along the way). Wallsend, a largely
urban industrial community, was home to key wartime industries with
its shipbuilding yards (including Swan Hunters) building and
repairing huge numbers of vessels, both naval and merchant,
throughout the war. This made the town a significant target for the
Luftwaffe and several determined raids were made which inflicted
heavy casualties, especially during 1941. The area also hosted a
large number of heavy and light industrial works which made
significant contributions to the war effort. The fishermen of the
North Shields fishing fleet also played a dangerous role during the
war (many, including one of the author s grandfathers served in the
Royal Naval Reserve) when supplying fresh fish, already a dangerous
task, to a near-starving wartime population was made more dangerous
through enemy action. The book also looks at the considerable
contribution made by the men and women who volunteered for the ARP
and Civil Defence Services. The heavy raids resulted in great loss
of life, including the most deadly single attack outside of London
when over 100 people were killed when a North Shields shelter took
a direct hit in 1941, and the men and women of the emergency
services were faced with horrifying scenes (the author s other
grandfather was a regular fireman and ambulanceman who had a
particularly lucky escape when his fire engine was blown into a
shell crater during a raid) which they had to overcome and work
through. No member of the community was left untouched by the war
whether they were evacuees (the author s father was one of them),
workers, servicemen or just civilians struggling to maintain a home
in wartime Britain.
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