Air Defences of Brockworth
The defence of Gloucester and Brockworth was primarily the responsibility of the Army’s Anti-Aircraft Command, which was operationally controlled by RAF Fighter Command and initially consisted of four elements, an…
Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Works : Luftwaffe Target Folder
This is a Second World War Luftwaffe aerial photograph held by the Imperial War Museum of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Works. Both the folder and the photograph are…
Rotol Airsrews Limited (now Safran) LUFTWAFFE TARGET FOLDER IWM
This is a Luftwaffe aerial photograph held by the Imperial War Museum of the Rotol Factory now Safran, north of Gloucestershire Airport. It is also shown on another target folder…
RAF Staverton and RAF Innsworth LUFTWAFFE TARGET FOLDER
This is a Luftwaffe aerial photograph held by the Imperial War Museum of what is now Gloucestershire Airport and the Imjin Barrack. Both the map and folder are marked September…
Cheltenham Rural District use of ex-service camps for housing accommodation after World War Two.
This is the stub of an article about the various sites used by Cheltenham RDC after the War, below is information from the 1946 and 1952 Medical Officer of Health…
Cirencester, North Cotswolds, Northleach, and Tetbury Rural Districts Ex-Service Camps used for housing after World War 2
One of the perhaps forgotten aspects of the housing shortage after the second world war was the use of former military camp buildings as temporary accommodation. This post details information…
Gloucester Rural District Ex-Service Camps used for housing after World War Two
The housing situation was very desperate after the end of the Second World War so much so that extensive use of service camps – RAF and Army bases – was…
Leonard Graham Hall (1917-2010) Imperial War Museum Audio Interview
In researching the defence of Brockworth Aerodrome and the Gloster Aircraft Company a number of audio interviews within the Imperial War Museum Archive have been found which might be relevant.…
Elmore Can Factory – World War 2 Factory
Industry: Petroleum Postal Address: The Old Depot, Haywicks Lane, Hardwicke, GL2 3QE Parish: Elmore District: Stroud UPRN: 200003109729 Grid Reference SO79021463 What Three Words : ///Reef.game.lined Searching through the Imperial…