ASSOCIATED SITES
ASSOCIATED SITES
A History of Mumbles
A History of Mumbles site has a full history of Mumbles dating back to the Bronze Age. Of particular note is their sections detailing Mumbles during both the Great War and the Second World War.
HistoryPoints.org - Merchant Navy Memorial, Barry
Link to HistoryPoints.org's page to the Barry's Merchant Navy Memorial, which was created in 1996 to commemorate the merchant seamen of Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Hut 9
Hut 9 is located at Island Farm, Bridgend, a former German POW camp and the site of the 'Welsh Great Escape.' The museum focuses on educating visitors about camp life and the escape itself.
People's Collection Wales - War Memorials Section
The Peoples Collection Wales allows anyone from Wales to share memories in photographs, sound recordings, documents, videos and stories. The War Memorial section list numerous images of Memorials from across Wales from both the First and Second World War.
Phil Carradice - The South Wales Borderers and D-Day
A BBC based blog written by Phil Carradice, detailing the experiences of members of the South Wales borders during D-Day.
Somme Battlefields
Somme Battlefields is a website created and administered by Paul Reed. Paul Reed is a leading military historian and author, who works in television. Paul has lived on the Somme battlefields since the mid-1990s, and has been visiting the area since 1982.
US Military in South Wales
A website, dedicated to insights into the experiences of American Servicemen in South Wales from 1942 to 1945, who were far from home and preparing to go to war on the continent. paragraph
