Sunday 10th November saw the annual Remembrance Day Parade, which took place at the top of the High Street by the War Memorial. The Society has a number of posts and articles relating to both World War I and World War II.
Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 29 (Spring 2015)
A WW1 story about the treatment meted out to a member of the Friends’ Meeting House, High Street, Cornelius Barritt who was victimised as a conscientious objector
Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 27 (Spring 2014)
The wide-ranging impact of the First World War on life in Saffron Walden is the theme of the Spring 2014 issue of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal
A Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter
A talk on the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the WW2 female resistance fighter known as Agent Z0, told by Clare Mulley
Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 25 (Spring 2013)
This edition covers ‘What a Place to Die’: the WW2 plane crash at Little Walden – Julian Evan-Hart, and WW2 Defences in Britain Project – Michael Barton
SW War Memorial list
Robert Pike, author of The Victor Heroes, provides details of the 159 men recorded on the Saffron Walden War Memorial, lost in WW1
The impact of the American air bases during World War Two in East Anglia
There were approximately 20,000 American men who arrived in East Anglia in January 1942. They were attracted to the area because of its closeness to Europe and because it would be relatively easy to construct the amount of bases that they required due to the flatness of the land. An article by Sarah Johnson.
The Somme Anniversary
On 1st July 1916 began the longest and most costly land battle in British history – the battle of the Somme. On the first day alone British casualties were 19,240 killed; 35,494 wounded; 2,152 missing – a total for one day of 57,470, a figure never exceeded before or since.