Bewdley at War

THIS IS the story of Bewdley at war, from early preparations in 1937 to a collective sigh of relief in 1945 that only one bomb had fallen inside the town boundary and most of its young men in uniform were at last coming home. The war brought major changes, transforming Bewdley from a quiet backwater to a place of feverish activity to defend the vital bridge crossing and keep its citizens safe from bombs and enemy invasion. The book records the Home Front; making strikers for mines, air raid wardens, bomb shelters, the Home Guard, checkpoints, evacuees and coping with rationing. It also tells the moving stories of Bewdley soldiers through interviews with their surviving relatives. It ends with a detailed war diary of events between 1939 and 1945 taken from the pages of the Kidderminster Shuttle newspaper.