An account of the lives of the British people and wartime organizations during WWII, with photographs and remembrances from the author's personal archives.
Faces of the Home Front presents fascinating insight into the people, organizations and events on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you.
Drawing on the authors' own extensive archives of original photographs, training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the Blitz on London as well as other often lesser known events and incidents around the country. The combination of images and stories vividly bring to life the stories of people in cities, towns and countryside as they experienced evacuation, rationing, black-outs and air raids. This volume is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector, or historical re-enactor.
