Second World War Archives - Page 2 of 6 - The Bromsgrove Standard

14^th Jul, 2026

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NEWS 17^th Jun, 2026

Wartime history of Wychbold masts as long wave signals turned off

NEWS 5^th Feb, 2026

Celebration time as Bromsgrove's Norman toasts turning 105

NEWS 28^th Jan, 2026

Funeral of Frankley community champion Eric Carter BEM to take place

NEWS 6^th Nov, 2025

Find out about life in Bromsgrove during Second World War at event

NEWS 26^th Sep, 2025

Avoncroft Museum to host wartime weekend with return of historic fire engine

Bromsgrove war hero sells Military Cross medal for record sum

31^st May, 2025

Former Rubery Council School pupils reminisce at reunion

NEWS 28^th May, 2025

Century old retired ROH nurse shares wartime ward stories with today's staff

NEWS 9^th May, 2025

Call for families to join VE Day commemorations this weekend in Rubery

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

26^th Apr, 2025

PICTURE SPECIAL - International Living History Festival at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum showcases 700 years of the past

NEWS 1^st Apr, 2025

Tributes paid to Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran who has died at the age of 101

NEWS 15^th Jan, 2025

Appeal for information on Bromsgrove Second World War hero who helped liberate Arnhem in the Netherlands

12^th Oct, 2024

Rubery man's family reunion to remember Holocaust victims

Experience wartime Britain at Avoncroft Museum

27^th Sep, 2024

Northfield paratrooper jumps in Arnhem to honour WWII fallen soldiers

Bromsgrove RAF 'Bomber Command' veteran honoured at moving funeral

29^th Jan, 2024

Bromsgrove comes together to honour Holocaust Memorial Day

NEWS 11^th Nov, 2023

Lickey End First School holds remembrance coffee morning

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

16^th May, 2023

IN PICTURES AND VIDEO - Blue plaque unveiled to Bromsgrove Dambuster on 80th anniversary of the bombing raids

NEWS 12^th Mar, 2023

Eddie bowled over by Bromsgrove club's trophy gift on 100th birthday

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

13^th Nov, 2022

IN PICTURES AND VIDEO - 3,000 attend Bromsgrove Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service

NEWS 14^th Nov, 2022

Bromsgrove bugler Katie's 'very proud' great grandmother was Wren in the Second World War

NEWS 12^th Nov, 2022

Our guide to Remembrance Parades in Bromsgrove, Catshill, Rubery, Aston Fields and Wythall

NEWS 8^th Nov, 2022

REMEMBRANCE - Thomas Brothers' poignant poppy displays return to Bromsgrove, Wythall and Redditch

NEWS 30^th Aug, 2022

Unexploded Second World War grenade found in Hopwood prompts police and army response

NEWS 8^th Aug, 2022

Annual VJ Day service to take place at Bromsgrove's Burma Star Memorial

PICTURE SPECIAL - Alvechurch holds its biggest ever Picnic in the Park for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

NEWS 13^th Nov, 2021

REMEMBRANCE - Lickey End First School pupils put on special assembly for their parents

Poignant poppy displays unveiled at Thomas Brothers' Funeral Directors in Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wythall

19^th Oct, 2021

Remembrance - New eye-catching tribute at Rubery Social Club for those who made the ultimate sacrifice

VIDEO - Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb MBE is officially presented with the Légion d’Honneur by the French government

11^th Jun, 2021

VIDEO - Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb MBE receives France's highest award - the Légion d'Honneur

NEWS 22^nd May, 2021

100-year-old RAF hero Harry to give talk at Barnt Green Macular Society's next virtual talk

NEWS 11^th May, 2021

Longbridge campaigners' anger as Lord Austin's office is 'ripped out and moved to Gaydon with no consultation'

NEWS 18^th Jan, 2021

Campaign launched to keep important part of history - Lord Austin's Office - in Longbridge

11^th Nov, 2020

Hanbury First School held Act of Remembrance and looked at local history links to the two World Wars

14^th Oct, 2020

Wheeling their way to Wales - Bromsgrove School celebrates 80th anniversary of link with Llanwrtyd Wells

29^th Sep, 2020

Stunning fire engine which served Bromsgrove from 1935 to 1960 restored to its former glory

22^nd Sep, 2020

Go back to the war years at Avoncroft Museum's 1940s extravaganza

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

17^th May, 2020

Community comes together to give Bromsgrove's new centenarian Ron a lockdown 100th birthday to remember

Artwork, memories and more - Bromsgrove School remembers VE Day

NEWS 20^th Mar, 2020

Bromsgrove's 'biggest ever street party' for 75th anniversary of VE Day postponed

NEWS 14^th Feb, 2020

Triple boost for Bromsgrove's 75th anniversary of VE Day Street Party

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 9^th Nov, 2019

Plaque unveiled to the Longbridge Flight Shed which was instrumental in the war effort

NEWS 8^th Nov, 2019

Your guide to Remembrance Sunday services in Bromsgrove, Rubery, Catshill and Aston Fields

Bromsgrove's 18,000-strong knitted poppy wall returns to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day

NEWS 27^th Oct, 2019

Hoping for another bumper turn-out for this year's Bromsgrove Remembrance Sunday Parade

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 25^th Oct, 2019

Avoncroft Museum moves to clarify financial situation amidst £50,000 losses

NEWS 20^th Jun, 2019

Ladies Circle members from all over flocked to Bromsgrove to hear Bletchley Park code-cracker Betty's story

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

11^th Nov, 2018

More than 2,500 turn out as Bromsgrove marks the Armistice Day centenary

26^th Sep, 2018

More than 100 people went on guided walks of the Lickey Hills' First and Second World War sites

NEWS 14^th Sep, 2018

Find out more about the Lickey Hills' First and Second World War sites this weekend with the 'Hidden Heritage' event

NEWS 8^th Aug, 2018

Bromsgrove's annual VJ Day parade to be held this Saturday to commemorate 'Victory in Japan'

Funeral to be held for Bromsgrove war veteran Peter Ward who has passed away aged 95