Peterborough Books

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NO MORE STRANGERS - A Record of Peterborough Men Killed During World War One by David Gray. A 237 page softback with photographs. Published in 1992 by David Gray. This book was a limited edition of 250 copies.

THE UNCOMMON SOLDIERS - Peterborough and District in 1914 by David Gray. A 187 page softback published in 2006 by David Gray. This book was a limited edition of 100 copies.                                                                                   ISBN 0-9554517-0-1

PETERBOROUGH CITY AT WAR - Volume 1 - 1939 to 1941 by David Gray.  A 189 page softback with photographs published in 2007 by David Gray. This is a limited edition of 150 copies.                                                                                 978-0-9554517-1-3 

MAYORS ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 to 1915. A 52 page softback containing the names of Peterborough citizens who were serving in His Majesty’s Forces during the first two years of World War One. The Mayor being J.W. Williamson. The lists include name, rank regiment, home address and notes such as whether wounded, killed, missing etc.Unfortunately a roll for the remainding years of the war was never published.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF RAF PETERBOROUGH by Mike Osborne. A 32 page softback with photographs. Printed in 1983 by the Peterborough Educational Development Centre.

WINGS OVER WESTWOOD - The Story of RAF Peterborough by Graham Simons. A 52 page softback with photographs. Published by GMS Enterprises (no date).                                                                                                                         ISBN 1 870384 06 7

AIRFIELD FOCUS No 26 - PETERBOROUGH by Graham Simons. A 34 page softback with photographs. Published in 1996 by GMS Enterprises.

ACTION STATIONS - Military Airfields of Cambridgeshire by Michael Bowyer. a 168 page softback with photographs. The book has information relating to RAF Peterborough, Wittering and Sibson. First published in 1987 by Patrick Stephens.                                                                                                                ISBN 0-85059-823-0.

AIR RAID - The Enemy Air Offensive Against East Anglia 1939 to 1945 by Michael Bowyer. A 352 page hardback with photographs. The book has references to the bombing of Peterborough. First published in 1986 by Patrick Stephens.             ISBN 0-85059-685-8.

THE DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS by T.J. Walker. A hardback published in 1913 by Constable.

A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MISCELLANY (Contains a Transcript of the 1762 Militia Lists for the Villages in the Soke of Peterborough). Edited by Edmund King and published in 1983 by The Northants Record Society.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES REGISTER. A 51 page softback with index numbers 2238 to 2398 containing cemetaries and churchyards in Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. Published by the CWGC.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES REGISTER.  A 50 page softback with index numbers 1 to 171 containing cemetaries and churchyards in Northanptonshire, The Soke of Peterborough and Rutland.

A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF BAKER PERKINS DURING THE PERIOD 1939 to 1945 by A.I. Baker. A 40 page softback with photographs. First published in 1946.

WARTIME AT BAKER PERKINS. A 30 page hardback with photographs and illustrations recording Baker Perkins activities during World War Two. Produced and published by Baker Perkins in 1946.

FOUR VC’s IN FORTY MONTHS - the proud record in WW1 of the 6th  (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment by Geoffrey Moore. A 63 page softback containing numerous references to Peterborough men. Published by Geoffrey Moore.                                                                                                        ISBN 0 9506360 5 3.

KITCHENER’S PIONEERS - the story of the 5th Service Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment in WW1 by Geoffrey Moore. A 66 page softback containing numerous refernces to Peterborough men. Published by Geoffrey Moore.    ISBN 0 9506360 0 2.

HISTORY OF THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT 1934 to 1948 by W.J. Jervois. A 448 page hardback with maps and photographs. Published in 1953 by The Regimental History Committee.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MILITIA LISTS 1777 edited by Victor Hatley. A 260 page hardback. First published in 1973 by the Northants Record Society.            ISBN 0 901275 29 8.

THE SOUVENIR BOOK OF EYE being some records of the Great War 1914 to 1919 compiled by the Rev’d Lawrence Field. A 63 page hardback with photographs. Published in 1920 by the Eye Patriotic association.

AVIATION IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE- An Illustated History by Michael L Gibson. A 360 page hardback with maps and photographs. First published in 1982 by Northamptonshire Libraries.                                                                               ISBN 0-905391-08-X

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