Rushden Research Group: War Index

Rushden - Wars & Wartime

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Wars & War Memorials		Rushden in Wartime (by year)
	Introduction	Boer War	Boer War - Ambulance Men
	Waterloo	WWI	Effects of the War - The First Month -1914
	Crimean War		Belgian Guests 1914
	Afghanistan & Jowaki 1877-80		Relief of the Belgians - 1914
	Boer War - mainpage		Shoemanuf's Sons Enlisted
Memorials	WWI Street Shrines		Glassbrook Road - News Notes 1914-1918
	War Memorial - mainpage		Home Hints 1915
	War Memorial - dedicated		Local Defence in Rushden 1915
	WWI Names		Medical Officer's Hints
	WWII Names		Recruits
	Other Wartime Commemorations		Air Raid
	In Rushden Cemetery		Appeals Tribunals
	Killed in Northern Ireland		County Appeals
	Killed in Iraq		German POWs at Rushden House - 1916
	Memorial Scheme		High Street South - 1916
	Villages - War Memorials		Scouts - Service in WWI
	Rolls of Honour - mainpage		St John Ambulance Men in WWI
	Cenotaph in London		Injured Soldiers insignia
WWI	Memorial Service 1917 St Mary's Church		Promotions in WWI
	Memorial Service 1917 Baptist Church		Rationing WWI
	CWS Shoe Factory - Enlisted men		Red Cross in WWI
	Oldest Soldier - Pte A Davis		Rushden's 'Gurkhas'
	Rev C J Keeler 1916		Display of War Pictures 1916
	Rev W H Tomkins - 1918		Shop Outing 1917
	Memorial Chapel - St Mary's Church		Aeroplanes - WWI
WWII	Civilians killed in World War II		Cultivating Waste Land - 1917
	Methodist deaths in World War II		Glimpses of War - 1917
	The Royal British Legion		Outings - 1917
	1928 Pilgrimage		Peace Declared 1918
	Serving Men & Women - galleries		Peace Thanksgiving service
	Cenotaph Service		Peace Celebrations 1919
	Memorial Hospital		Crabb Street 1919
	Information to Relatives - 1940s		South Terrace
	War Memorial & Church Photos		Food in Wartime - MO Report 1920
	Remembrance Services 2008		Blackberry Picking 1918
			Absent Voters 1918 & 1919
Awards & Tributes (in year order)			Wartime in Rushden WWI
WWI	WWI Awards & Tributes Index		Shoetrade in WWI
	More Wartime Awards		Soldiers Return - 1919
	Major J A Browning - For King & Country		Special Constables
	F Wykes - TA Certificate 1914-19		Visiting War Graves
	Short Brothers - Brothers in Arms		Pilgrimage 1928
	Nurses In WWI	WWII	Events of 1939
WWII	WWII Awards & Tributes Index		Rationing WWII
	WWII Tributes by RWN		Wartime in Rushden WWII (by date)
	Dunmore Family 1943		Evacuees - mainpage
	Mission Incredible - 1944		Rushden Motor Ambulance Group
	Paddy - the War Dog 1947		Boot & Clothing Fund 1940
			Gift for the Northamptonshires
Enlistments			Court Estate First Aid Post
WWI	Enlistments		Entertainment WWII - by Arthur Griggs
	Australian 'Rushdenites'		Ploughing 1940
	CWS Men Enlist 1914		Paddling at Ditchford 1940
	Canadian Contingent		Bombs fell on Rushden
	Rushden 'Gurkhas'		Bomb on School
	Training Recruits		70th Anniversary Plaque
WWII	Enlistments(by date, regt, name, town, employer)		Bomb Falls in Robert Street
			Flares Dropped 1942
Soldiers Notes, Letters and Newsclips			Army Boxing Contest 1941
WWI	Soldiers Notes - mainpage		Local Wartime Service WWII
	Walter Denton - Survivor		Civil Defence
	Denny Brothers		A.F.S.
	Aaron Upton 1870s		A.R.P. 1938-42
	Upton Brothers 1915		A.T.C. 1941 + 1942
	Pte Dickens & cousins at the Front 1915		A.T.C. Commandant Visits 1942
	Gold Medal 1915		A.T.S. 1941
	Brown Brothers		First Aid Post 1940
	Clayton Boys 1916		Girls' Training Corps
	Sapper Darnell - Signalling 1916		Local Defence Volunteers
	Laughton Brothers 1917		Home Guard
	Mackness Brothers WWI		L-Cpl. George Jolley - 1943
	Parker Family 1917		Fire Guard
	Armistice in Cairo 1918		National Fire Service - memories
	Baker Brothers 1918		Land Army
	Obituaries		Red Cross
	Lt. L Perkins - demob 1919		Wartime Special Police
	Soldiers' Pay & Dependents		Wartime Firemen
WWII	Promotions in WWII		Rescue & Demolition Squad
	Royal Oak - 1939		Shoemen Called
	Newell Family 1943		Retension of Workers 1943
			Dubilier Condensors
Soldiers Recounting Experiences			Wilson Gas Meter Co.
	Zulu War - J Willmott 1879		W.V.S.
	Letter from Ernest King 1899		Youth Service Corps
	Soldier's Diary of the Boer War - 1901		Air Raid Shelter
	Siege of Kimberley
	Prisoner Chettle
WWI	Conditions at the Front WWI	Wartime Fundraising & Comforts
	Soldiers Notes - mainpage		Money Lent to Parliament in 1643
	Pte. Walter Mole - Lusitania 1915	WWI	Wartime Savings WWI
	Family of Fighters		Belgian Relief Fund
	Cecil Adnitt - "Wireless" Officer 1914		Belgian Relief Fund - Collections
	Horace Twelvetree - Naval Airman 1915		National Relief Fund 1915
	Mr Percy Button 1915		Rose Day 1915
	Sgt. T J Long 1915/16		Nursing Association Funds
	Pte. C Magee 1915		Parcels Fund WWI
	Trooper Shoesmith at Ypres 1915		Prisoner of War Funds WWI
	Arthur Vorley - Telegraphist - 1915		Red Cross Funds WWI
	Ernest Hawkes - Indian Cavalry 1915		Snippets - WWI
	W J Wood		Street Shrines - funds for troops
	Prisoners of War		Wounded Soldiers & Sailors Fund
	Pte H T Gates 1918		Writing home - YMCA Huts
	George Trussler 1918		Comforts for Soldiers WWI
WWII	Nazi prison ship 1943		Soldiers Return 1919
	C Smith, RAF, in India 1943		Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
	Dickens - Patriotic Family 1944	WWII	Knitting for Troops 1940-45
			Spitfire Fund 1940 - mainpage
Memories			Parcels Fund 1942-1945
	WWI Tank in Spencer Park & Memories		Letters of Thanks
	Reg Leach - Preparations for War 1939		Prisoner of War Funds WWII
	David Clark 1940's & An Autograph Book		War Weapons Week 1941 & 1942
	Daisy Clarke (nee Browning) - Evacuee		Salvage 1942
	Sydney H Martin 1914-18		HMS Quorn 1940-44
	William Abington's 1940 memories		HMS Quorn - newsclips
	Sgt B Fensome - 1944		HMS Queen Elizabeth
	Fensom Brothers - 1944		Aid to Russia 1942
	Chris Glidle - 1944		Aid for China 1943
	Seamen & U Boat 1944		Boys’ Brigade and The War
	R W Lockie 1944		Wings Week 1943
	Sunderland Aircrash 1946		War Memorial 1944
	Jack Tear's War		Book Collections 1944
	Ray Bridgeford 1955		Salute the Soldier Week
	Korea Notes		Wartime National Savings WWII
	WWII Memories in 2005		WWII Snippets

Military Boxing		Allies Thanks
	Army Boxing		Dutch Family - 1944

Military Groups		Events & Remembrance Services
	W'boro Volunteers at Rushden 1881		Armistice Day 1931
	Northamptonshire Regiment		50 years - V E Day - Parade 1995
	5th Platoon B Company 7th
	R.A.M.C.	Poems
	Local Defence in Rushden 1915		'Airy Pains'
	Northants Yeomanry 1915		Hunting The Huns
	Arthur Timpson		Verse by E E Sears 1918
	Territorial Army - Introduction		Verses by RWN - WWII
	Volunteers 'H' Company		Poems by Michael Knight
	Volunteers 'O' Company		Remembering - Sydney Tilley
	Volunteer Training Corps
	Pte. F. D. Harris 1917	Queries
	F Wykes - T A 1914-1919		20th TRB Shoemakers
	Royal Welsh Fusiliers		Information Wanted WWI
	O. J. Evans - murder charge
	Visiting Troops - WWI	Militia Lists
	Home Guard		Inhabitants & Arms 1590
	Gallery & Officers		Montagu Musters - early 1600's
	Home Guard - notes		Able Bodied Men 1638
	L-Cpl. George Jolley - 1943		Owners of Arms 1660
	Steelbacks' History in WWII Published		Militia Lists Introduction
	Steelbacks - WWI		Militia Notes 1803
	Army Cadet Corps 1942		Militia Snippet 1880