Part Three 1942-43.
Part One - preparations for war and early days of the struggle here
Part Two 1940-41 here
For a (distressing) case of a soldier involvement with a young Marlow resident in 1945 see here
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January 1942- two soldiers convicted of breaking into the shop stores of the Women's Voluntary Service Marlow at the Armoury in Institute Road and stealing chocolate, tea, matches, cigarettes and cash. They also stole collection boxes in aid of the Red Cross with over £2 inside which were being kept there.
January 1942- Marlow Urban Council and the Marlow Town Band are among those raising money to buy the Bucks Battalion Band new instruments.
April 1942- Leading Aircraftsman of the Elementary Flying School R.H Jenkins is injured in a Tiger Moth crash at Booker Airfield then known as RAF Booker (previously Marlow Airport).
March 1943- Marlow First Aid Station is in the charge of Red Cross Commandant Mrs Wethered. Youth members of the Red Cross in Marlow are among those helping out.
July 1943- there is a Girls Training Company in Marlow, part of the war effort. I have not been able to ascertain the nature of the training offered in Marlow specifically, other than it included first aid.
September 1943= modern fiction is wanted for a book drive at Marlow, raising money for St John's Ambulance and Red Cross war work. Similar events took place at Bourne End and other local towns.
Written and researched by Charlotte Day.
©Marlow Ancestors. You are welcome to use this information, with credit to this blog.
Sources included:
Bucks Herald 21st Jan 1942 and 19th March 1943. British Library Archives.
Air Ministry and RAF records, National Archives,Kew.
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