Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the
people, wartime organizations, events, life and work on the British Home
Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordinary people
in extraordinary times told through an array of previously unpublished
rare photographs, illustrations and ephemera. If you have wondered how
Air Raid Wardens, Ambulance crews, Home Guard, Firemen, Special
Constables, Women's Voluntary Service and the Women's Land Army were
recruited and trained, how they were uniformed and what their duties
entailed in wartime were, this is the book for you.
Drawing on the authors' own extensive archives of original photographs,
training manuals, documents, decades of research and interviews with
those who were there, there are stories of well-known events such as the
Blitz on London and many other often lesser known events and incidents
around the country, some deeply moving, some harrowing and some that
show how the kindness and selfless bravery of people that helped get
Britain through its darkest hours. The combination of images and stories
vividly bring to life the experiences of people in cities, towns and
countryside in wartime as they experienced evacuation, rationing, the
black-out and air raids touched the lives of everyone. This volume is a
valuable addition to the bookshelf of any family historian, collector,
re-enactor.
