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🏭86 veterans
Civilian War Service
Victory in the Second World War depended not only on soldiers at the front, but on millions of civilians who kept the war economy running. Factory workers produced tanks and aircraft around the clock. Fire wardens and ARP staff protected cities during the Blitz. Land Girls worked the fields. Nurses tended the wounded. This collection honours their often-overlooked contribution.
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Southampton
🏭Civilian
Prentice Alfred
1910 – 1985
Foreman
Supermarine Aviation Works
Liverpool
🏭Civilian
Cornish Mary
1909 – 1987
Escort
Children's Overseas Reception Board
Oxford
🏭Civilian
Jones Reginald Victor
1911 – 1997
Assistant Director
Air Ministry Scientific Intelligence
Leeds
🏭Civilian
Johnson Amy
1903 – 1941
First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Southampton
🏭Civilian
Mason Frederick
1905 – 1985
Station Officer
Southampton Fire Brigade
Nottingham
🏭Civilian
Noble Margaret
1920 – 2008
Factory Worker
ROF Nottingham / Chilwell
Manchester
🏭Civilian
Winton Nicholas
1909 – 2015
Civilian
Kindertransport Organiser
Cambridge
🏭Civilian
Knox Alfred Dillwyn
1884 – 1943
Chief Cryptanalyst
GC&CS / ISK Section
Nottingham
🏭Civilian
Knight Laura
1877 – 1970
War Artist
War Artists' Advisory Committee
Oxford
🏭Civilian
Mitchell Reginald Joseph
1895 – 1937
Chief Designer
Supermarine Aviation Works
Bristol
🏭Civilian
Ellis Mary
1917 – 2018
First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Manchester
🏭Civilian
Wallis Barnes
1887 – 1979
Chief Designer
Vickers-Armstrongs
Bristol
🏭Civilian
Lynn Vera
1917 – 2020
Entertainer
ENSA
Manchester
🏭Civilian
Flowers Tommy
1905 – 1998
Engineer
Post Office Research Station
Cambridge
🏭Civilian
Watson-Watt Robert
1892 – 1973
Civilian Scientist
Air Ministry / TRE
Belfast
🏭Civilian
Doran James
1915 – 1941
Auxiliary Fireman
Belfast Fire Brigade
Leeds
🏭Civilian
Deans Agnes
1920 – 2012
Civilian
Bletchley Park / Hut 3
Birmingham
🏭Civilian
Davies Rose
1922 – 2009
Forewoman
Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
Liverpool
🏭Civilian
Shilling Beatrice
1909 – 1990
Civilian Engineer
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Bristol
🏭Civilian
Palmer Edith
1924 – 2015
Volunteer
Women's Land Army
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