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WORLD WAR 2
Portland suffered terribly during World War 2 largely because of the presence of the Royal Navy in the Dockyard. As many as 304 houses were damaged and 40 totally destroyed. There were 48 air raids with 532 bombs dropped on the Isle of Portland. Thirty-seven civilians were killed.
American troops gathering at Portland ready for D-Day in June 1944.
PORTLAND HOME GUARD UNIT, 1942. BRACKENBURY SCHOOL YARD.
STANDING L - R:- ?, ?, HOLT, BERT HICKS, CECIL PEARCE (NEWSAGENT FORTUNESWELL), ?, CRIPPS,? .
SEATED L - R:- BERT BLYTHE, LEN MARSH, HODGEKINSON, JOHNS, BARNES, SENIOR, RICHARDS.
PORTLAND HOME GUARD UNIT, 1943 AT EASTON DRILL HALL. EASTON DRILL HALL.
REAR L -R:- CECIL PEARCE, BEN LANDERS, CARTER, SCRUBS ANDREWS, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, FLEW, ? ,? ,
4TH ROW L - R:- ? . LEN ATTWOOLL, ?, ? , RAY (BIFFER) MATTHEWS, ?, ?, ?, DICKIE WHITE, ARTHUR PAVEY (CYCLE SHOP OWNER FORTUNESWELL), ?, ?.
3RD ROW L - R:- HUGHES, COLLINS, SAUNDERS (BUTCHER'S WAKEHAM), CONNOR, CHARLIE CAWLEY,
? , MITCHELL, BERT HICKS, CADDY, ?, COPPERTHWAITE, ?, CYRIL SATHERLEY.
SEATED 2ND ROW L - R:- , SENIOR, RICHARDS, PEARCE, CRAVEN (GARAGE VICTORIA SQUARE), BARNES, RIX, HOLT, LEN MARSH, BERT BLYTHE, ?, CYRIL STONE.
SEATED FRONT :- ?, DEWLAND, STEWSBURY, WILLS, ?, HARRY HOOPER (NEWSAGENT FORTUNESWELL).
CROWN FARM EASTON. 1920's SHOWING FROM THE LEFT BARNS, DAIRY AND FARM HOUSE
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 2 JULY 1942. DESTRUCTION OF DAIRY AND DAMAGE TO THE FARM HOUSE.
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 1942 SHOWING DAMAGE TO REAR OF FARMHOUSE & DAIRY. BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SITE.
EDWARD JAMES BOWERING AT 21 HAMBRO ROAD.
UNKNOWN
WILLIAM E BURDEN (BILLY) 1944.
TAKEN IN ITALY 1944 DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY AGED 37
GEORGE COMBEN TAKEN IN 1940, IN RA UNIFORM.
6TH DORSETS AT PORTLAND BILL 1939.
HARRY SMITH, SGT. ON LEFT.
TERRITORIAL ARMY MEMBERS.
LEFT FRED (MOLLO) HANSFORD, MICHAEL FROGLEY, ROBERT JAMES HINDE, AND UNKNOWN, TAKEN AT THE DRILL HALL c1940s.
DUMPING AMMUNITIONS AT SEA.
ROBERT JOHN HINDE 3RD FROM LEFT.
L - R:- ?, GEORGE COMBEN, ? , MOLLO HANSFORD, SONNY ILIFFE, ?, BILL HUNT, ERN SMITH, JACK WHITE, ?, BILL WHITE.
G.I.s EMBARKING JUNE 1944
GERMAN POW'S IN VICTORIA SQUARE.
MICHAEL DOWELL (BORN 1938) WITH SOLDIERS AT CHURCH OPE COVE 1940.
BOMB DAMAGE "BUMPERS LANE" 1940s
102 BATTERY, EAST WEARES, PORTLAND - 1943
102 BATTERY FOOTBALL TEAM, EAST WEARES, PORTLAND - 1943.
PORTLAND BREAKWATER FORT 1939.
GERALD HARDING IN 1942.
HE SURVIVED A BOMB HIT ON HIS HOME IN 14 AUGUSTA ROAD THE GROVE 12.04.1941. HIS MUM KATHLEEN, HIS DAD FREDERICK , HIS SISTER RACHEL & MR MCIVER THE LODGER WERE ALL KILLED. GERALD WAS BROUGHT UP BY SARAH WHITE BURGESS & DAUGHTER ANN IN WYKE REGIS.
BABY RACHEL HARDING WAS KILLED BY A BOMB HIT ON 14 AUGUSTA ROAD THE GROVE 12.04.1941.
A MODERN VIEW OF THE FLATS BUILT TO REPLACE THE TERRACE OF HOUSES IN AUGUSTA PLACE BOMBED AND DESTROYED ON 12th APRIL 1941
OUTSIDE FANCY'S GARAGE - WVS GROUP.
ON LEFT BEDE SAUNDERS (DOCTOR'S WIFE), 2nd FROM RIGHT JACK GIBBS (MIDNIGHT GROCER), THIRD FROM RIGHT VERA FANCY. LADY HOLDING BOX IS DOROTHY FANCY (NEE LANO)
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