Introduction| Key | |
|---|---|
| AA | Archaeologia Aeliana |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| DCRO | Durham County Records Office |
| GEC | General Electric Company |
| GMBC | Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council |
| HMSO | Her Majesty's Stationery Office |
| NCRO | Northumberland County Records Office |
| PRO | The National Archives |
| ROC | Royal Observer Corps |
| TWAS | Tyne and Wear Archives Service |
| TWIMT | Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust |
| Action Stations Vol 7 | David J Smith |
| After The Battle Issues 1-84 | Battle of Britain Prints International |
| Annals of the Parish of Winlaton | W.Bourn 1902 |
| Anti-Aircraft | Ian V. Hogg |
| Attack Warning Red | Derek Wood, Carmichael & Sweet 1992 |
| BBC Engineering 1922-1972 | E.Pawley, BBC 1972 |
| The Battle of Britain Then and Now | W.Ramsey 1980 |
| Battle of Wits David Owen | Leo Cooper 1978 |
| Beneath the City Streets | Peter Laurie 1970 |
| The Black Game | Ellic Howe Michael Joseph 1982 |
| The Blitz Then and Now Vols 1-3 | W.Ramsey 1987-1990 |
| Bomber Command War Diaries | M.Middlebrook & C.Everitt Viking 1985 |
| Bombs by the Hundred on Stockton-on-Tees | D.Brown |
| Britain at War | Roger A Freeman 1990 |
| Britain at War - The Royal Navy 1939-1940 | Chatterton |
| Britannia | Sheppard Frere 1967 |
| British Intelligence in the Second World War Vol 4 | F.H.Hinsley HMSO 1990 |
| British Intelligence in the Second World War Vol 5 | M. Howard HMSO 1990 |
| CH - The First Operational Radar | B.T.Neale GEC Journal of Research 1985 |
| Chronicle of the Second World War | Longman 1990 |
| Civil Defence | Blaydon East School 1946 |
| Civil Defence | T.H.O'Brien HMSO |
| Coastal Defences of England and Wales | Ian V. Hogg, David & Charles 1974 |
| Coastguard | William Webb HMSO 1976 |
| Confound and Destroy | Martin Streetly McDonald & Jane's 1978 |
| The Consett Story | Consett Lions |
| D-Day | W.Tute etc. Sidgwick & Jackson 1974 |
| The DLI at War | David Rissik 1953 |
| Dark Tales of Old Newcastle | Pamela Armstrong 1990 |
| The Day War Broke Out | Peter Haining 1989 |
| Defence of the Nation | Michael Dewar Arms & Armour Press 1989 |
| The Defence of the United Kingdom | Basil Collier HMSO 1957 |
| The Derwent Valley Walk | GMBC 1980 |
| The Derwent Valley Walk | GMBC 1990 |
| Derwent Walk Country Park | Industrial History GMBC |
| The Durham Light Infantry | William Moore, Leo Cooper 1975 |
| Eagles High | Peter North |
| Ebchester, the Story of a North Durham Village | Ebchester Village Trust |
| Eighty Years | Brian Pears 1983 |
| Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II | Christopher Chant 1986 |
| The Enemy is Listening | Aileen Clayton Hutchinson 1980 |
| Enigma | W. Kozaczuk Arms & Armour Press 1984 |
| Excavations at Ebchester Roman Fort 1972-1973 | V.A.Maxfield & A.H.Reed AA |
| The Eye of Intelligence | Ursula Powys-Lybbe, Kimber 1983 |
| Faithful - The Story of the DLI | S.G.P.Ward 1963 |
| Famous Northern Battles | Frank Graham |
| Fire Over England | H.G.Castle 1982 |
| Front Line 1940-1941 | HMSO 1942 |
| Gasmask Distribution | Item in Blaydon Courier 30/9/1938 |
| Gateshead Perambulations | Desmond O'Donnell 1990 |
| The German Fifth Column in the 2nd World War | Louis de Jong 1956 |
| The Great Invasion | Leonard Cottrell 1958 |
| The Great War | ed H.W.Wilson |
| H.M.S. Calliope | Article in Gateshead Post 23/9/1989 |
| Happy Days and Homework | Alan Wright 1991 |
| High Spen - A Hundred Years | A.Johnson |
| History of the Great War. | Naval Operations, Vol 2 Corbett 1921 |
| History of Gateshead | F.W.D. Manders |
| Hitler's Englishman | Francis Selwyn Routledge & Kegan Paul |
| Home Front | Marion Yass 1973 |
| How We Lived Then | Norman Longmate, Hutchinson 1971 |
| A Hundred Years, St Patrick's, High Spen | Martin Jackson 199 |
| Instruments of Darkness | Alfred Price Peninsular Publishing 1987 |
| Intercept | Josef Garlinski, Dent 1979 |
| Invasion | Kenneth Macksey |
| Invasion 1940 | Peter Fleming 1957 |
| Invasion of England 1940 | Peter Schenk Conway Maratime Press |
| The Making of Britain | T.K.Derry & M.G.Blakeway 1968 |
| The Mare's Nest | David Irving 1964 |
| Mass Daylight Raid on the NE of England... | 23 Group ROC |
| Military Archeology | Terry Gander (Patrick Stephens 1973) |
| Most Secret War | R.V.Jones 1978 |
| A Nation Alone | Arthur Ward |
| Newcastle at War | Newcastle City Libraries 1985 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | S.Middlebrook 1950 |
| North East Diary 1939-1945 | Roy Ripley (See note on page 105). |
| Northumbria in the Days of Bede | Peter H. Blair, Gollancz 1977 |
| Northumbria's Decameron | Howard Pease 1927 |
| One Hour in the Battle of Britain | G & J Brown Tyne & Tweed Issue 45 |
| Operation Chastise | J.Sweetman Janes 1982 |
| Operation Sealion | R.Cox 1974 |
| Pillbox Defences of Northumberland | A.Rudd & D.L.Clarke (Tyne & Tweed 44) |
| Pillboxes | Henry Wills 1985 |
| Prisoners of England | Miriam Kockan Macmillan 1980 |
| Problems of Social Policy | R.M.Titmus HMSO 1950 |
| Radio Warfare | Lawrence C. Soley, Praeger 1989 |
| Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945 | |
| Roof Over Britain | HMSO 1943 |
| Royal Air Force Unit Histories, Vol 1. | J.J.Halley |
| Royal Grammar School | B.Mains and A.Tuck Oriel Press 1986 |
| Secret War | Eric Forster - a series of articles in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle Feb 1981 |
| Secret War With Germany | William B.Breuer Airlife Publ. 1988 |
| The Seige and Storming of Newcastle... | Reprinted T & G Allan 1932 |
| Seizing the Enigma | David Kahn Souvenir Press 1992 |
| A Short History of the Second World War | Basil Collier 1967 |
| Some Chapters in the History of Whickham... | Helen G. Bowling |
| Spies of the Airwaves | Hugh Skillen 1989 |
| Stand Down | L.B. Whittaker 1990 |
| Stranger Than Fiction | Pulford 1943 |
| Summer for Heroes. | Derek Wood and Derek Dempster |
| This Present Emergency | Andrew Jeffrey Mainstream Publ. Co 1992 |
| Sunderland Fire Brigade | J.T.Bryce |
| Temporary Settlements and Transient Populations. The Legacy of Britain's Prisoner of War Camps: 1940-1948 | J. Anthony Hellen Erdkunde Band 53/1999 |
| Twenty-one Squadrons | Leslie Hunt Garnstone Press 1972 |
| Tyneside and the Russian Revolution | David Saunders -in Northern Historian |
| Victoria Tunnel | "In Trust" Issue 2, TWIMT |
| Victoria Tunnel | A.G.Chamberlain & A.D.Greig TWIMT 1977 |
| Victoria Tunnel | D.J. Rowe in Industrial Archaeology |
| Vikings in Britain | H.R.Loyn 1977 |
| Volunteer Movement | Winlaton Local History Bulletin No 4 |
| War Plan U.K. | Duncan Campbell 1982 |
| War in the Air Vol 3 | H.A.Jones 1931 |
| War in the Countryside 1939-1945 | Sadie Ward, Cameron 1988 |
| The War of Words | Asa Briggs 1970 |
| Watchers of the North East | 23 Group ROC, Archive Committee 1988 |
| Water to Tyneside | R.W.Rennison 1979 |
| We'll Meet Again | Joanna Smith, Dent 1984 |
| We'll Meet Again | Vera Lynn |
| Yorkshire at War | Leo Kessler and Eric Taylor |
| A.R.P. and Special Constabulary papers | Gateshead Local Studies Dept |
| ARP Coordinator's Notebook | TWAS 2394 |
| ARP Personnel | DCRO CC/CD/36 and TWAS T214-217 |
| Air Raid Shelters | TWAS T136-128 |
| Air Raid Warning Lists | TWAS T136-91,104 |
| Blackout | TWAS T136-81, 82 |
| Blaydon Report Centre Log Book | Courtesy of Mr S.J.Robinson |
| Consolidated List of HAA Gun Positions | P.R.O. WO 106/5912 |
| Demolition of Air Raid Shelters | TWAS T169-1 |
| Diaries 1942-1947 | Thomas William Pears |
| Durham Const. - Record of Air Raids. | Courtesy of the Force Librarian |
| Gateshead Watch Committee Minutes | Gateshead Local Studies Dept |
| Home Guard Explosive Stores | TWAS T136-102 |
| Incident involving Italian P.O.W. | TWAS T136-122 |
| Letter re Air-Raid on Bolam | Courtesy of R.Carmichael of Belsay |
| Local Newspaper extracts. | Compiled by Ron Anderson |
| Low Fell School Log-Books | Courtesy of the Head Teacher |
| Min. of Home Security Ops Bulletins | NCRO 444/15 and TWAS T170-8 |
| Misc. A.R.P. papers; Blaydon U.D.C. | Courtesy of Gateshead Council * |
| Misc. books and papers re Home Guard | Courtesy of the D.L.I. Museum |
| Misc. notes | Thomas William Pears |
| Newcastle Air Raid Reports | TWAS T136-133,134,120 |
| Northumberland Air Raid Reports | NCRO NC/6/10 (NRO 640/39) |
| Northumberland County Council Minutes 1941-42 | NCRO |
| Northd. War Damage Reports for SE of County | NCRO |
| Ops Record Book H.Q. No 13 Group R.A.F. | P.R.O. AIR 25/233 |
| Plan of Victoria Tunnel | Courtesy of Newcastle City Council |
| Police Radio Interception Unit | TWAS T136/87 |
| Rowlands Gill Boys School Log Book | TWAS T118/109 |
| Rowlands Gill War Memorial | |
| Searchlight Locations 1942 | PRO WO 166/6696 |
| St Patrick's Church War Memorial | |
| St Peters School Log Book | NCRO CES6/1/2 (NRO736) |
| Sunderland Air Raid Reports | TWAS 209/113 |
| Tyne Stop Line | PRO WO 199/1516 |
| War Damage Reports Craster & Alnmouth | NCRO NRO756 C19 |
| War Damage Reports Radcliffe & Boulmer | NCRO NRO756 C20 |
*(Sadly this original material was destroyed in 1974; all that remains are the notes and a handful of photocopies which I was allowed to make in August of that year.)
I would like to thank the staff of the following organisations for their assistance:
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Durham County Constabulary - Community Relations Dept., Durham City |
| Durham County Constabulary - Force Library, Aykley Heads |
| Durham County Records Office |
| Durham Light Infantry Museum |
| Forestry Commission, Chopwell Woods |
| Fortress Study Group - North East |
| Gateshead Central Library, Local Studies Dept |
| Low Fell School |
| National Trust, Gibside |
| Newcastle Central Library |
| North East Aircraft Museum |
| Northumberland County Council, Amenities Division |
| Northumberland County Record Office |
| Ordnance Survey, Newcastle |
| Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Calliope |
| Royal Observer Corps, Northern Area Collection |
| Tyne & Wear Archives Service |
| Waugh Moody and Mulcahy |
I would also like to thank the following individuals for information or assistance:
R.Adamson, Rich Allenby, T.L.Almond, Miss J.S.Andrews, G.R.Armatage, Mrs T.Armatage, I.Atkinson, F.Babak, F.Batul, G.Batul, Mrs S.Batul, L.Beech, J.R.Bell, G.C.Bennett, F.Bewick, Mrs S.Bird, Mrs A.Birtle, A.Blazendale, J.B.Blenkinsop, Mrs E.Braun, A.E.Bright, Mrs J.Bright, E.Brodis, I.Brown, A.Burton, Mrs G.Burton, T.Burton, Mrs H.Canning, D.M.Cape, R.Carmichael, Miss E.Carnaffin, J.Carrick, R.Cawthorne, R.Charlton, Miss D.Cheeseman, Mrs D.Clark, J.Clark, E.Cooper, A.Cumberledge, W.S.Davey, J.Donald, J.Edgell, V.Elliott, W.Fulton, Mrs J.Gardner, K.Gardner, M.Gardner, I.Garnham, Major Gillman, G.V.Graham, J.Graham, Lieut Green, D.Harding, A.Harrison, S.Henderson, R.Hewitson, B.Holburn, W.Ismay, F.Jennings, S.Jackson, A.Johnson, C.Johnson, J.Johnson, W.Joyce, Mrs M.Laing, T.Lake, S.Lamb, J.R.Lawther, Miss V.Ledger, J.Little, Mrs H.Lonsdale, B.McNaughton, F.W.D.Manders, R.Marwood, the late N.Matthews, D.Meehan, the late W.S.Meehan, J.T.Middleton, the late T.C.Middleton, Dr K.Miller, E.Moore, R.Morley, Mrs R.Newton, Mrs D.Oliver, N.Ovington, J.Peacock, R.Peacock, T.Peacock, F.Peareth, G.Peareth, the late T.W.Pears, the late Mrs C.Pears, J.W.Perrin, Miss E.B.Philipson, G.R.Philipson, Mrs J.Philipson, Miss I.Querry, J.A.Readdie, D.Renwick, R.Ripley, N.G.Rippeth, J.S.Robinson, Dr A.Rounding, A.Rudd, W.Rutland, the late A.L.Samovics, Mrs M.C.Samovics, Mrs E.Scott, Mrs M.Self, R.Selkirk, S.C.Shannon, R.Simms, V.C.Smith, W.Smith, H.Spendiff, Mrs D.Stoker, R.Stubbs, the late M.W.Surtees, J.Uren, Mrs W.Urwin, E.Veitch, F.Vickers, J.H.Walker, J.Wallace, J.D.Walton, I.Ward, the late Mrs E.Waters, P.White, A.Wright, J.Wright, Mrs J.Wright, Mrs I.Young.
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