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Bridlington WW2 society Fledgling ww2 Living History group based in Bridlington, looking for like minded members interested in the history of the home front.

Some of our group have been down to the Yorkshire Wartime experience for a spot of retail therapy today. Friday is trade...
07/08/2026

Some of our group have been down to the Yorkshire Wartime experience for a spot of retail therapy today. Friday is traders day with military vehicles and reenactors still arriving and setting up before the main displays this weekend. If you are looking for a good time this weekend you will find it in a random field just outside Doncaster. We do recommend taking cash, as a lot of traders are having issues with their card machines due to poor phone signals on site. We had a quick look round the allied reenactors camp before coming home to say hi to a few people. Hope you all have a lovely weekend. Looks like the weather will be good. ( If not a little too warm) stay hydrated and don't forget your suncream.

Today our treasurer has had his first of what is likely to be many visits to the East Yorkshire archives at the Treasure...
30/07/2026

Today our treasurer has had his first of what is likely to be many visits to the East Yorkshire archives at the Treasure House, Beverley. Sadly the 5th Battalion (Bridlington) East Riding Home Guard Records are still to be located, but the archive has some fantastic records belonging to many of the other Battalions of the East Riding Home Guard. Today has involved a trawl through the nominal rolls of the 1st Battalion (Hull) East Riding Home Guard, Headquarters Battalion Roll and a nominal roll listed as 6th Battalion (Driffield) but strangely none of the members of any of the companies have addresses in Driffield Town. The HQ company seems to have been from Norton (Near Malton) with platoons from West Heslerton, Ganton, Sherburn, Staxton, Duggleby & West Lutton, Fiimber, Wintringham, Scagglethorpe, Rillington and Yedingham. The rolls list members full names, Date of Birth, Address, Next of Kin, date of sign up. Discharge date and reason for leaving along with appointments.
If you are researching a family member from the Home Guard these are an excellent resource. There is an online searchable database so you can identify which documents you want to view and the archive staff are very helpful.

Our latest acquisition is indeed a british army cooker portable No2. (Well spotted John Bell) These were standard issue ...
21/07/2026

Our latest acquisition is indeed a british army cooker portable No2. (Well spotted John Bell) These were standard issue to Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV's) From at least 1942 to enable the crews to brew up or heat rations when away from areas where a Cook was available to prepare meals. The larger twin burner cooker No.3 was issued to units with larger crews such as Heavy Anti Aircraft batteries. Ours is sadly a post war Mark 2. The wartime Mark 1 had a removable petrol tank that clipped to the outside of the cooker and a slightly different burner. It came with a square cooking pot with a lid that doubled as a frying pan and was ideal for brewing tea or heating tinned rations. A little fettling with the burner jet has got this one in working order though we are running it on coleman fuel rather than petrol. In the great traditions of the British Armies unofficial motto of "If it ain't broke don't fix it" a modified version of this stove was in use up until the 1990s (if not later) It was only replaced by the multi fuel cooker No 12 because the British Army stopped using petrol in their vehicles. If you want to know more about how the British army prepared a hot meal in wartime we've put a link to the IWM's copy of a 1942 Training video for this cooker and how to construct improvised field cooking facilities depending on the environment you're fighting in in the comments.

14/07/2026

Unboxing our latest item...

14/07/2026

Unboxing our latest acquisition....

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86 years ago yesterday Bridlington experienced it's first air raid of the second world war. At 11:00 hours on the 11th J...
12/07/2026

86 years ago yesterday Bridlington experienced it's first air raid of the second world war. At 11:00 hours on the 11th July 1940 the air raid sirens sounded. 5 minutes later a lone JU 88 of the Luftwaffe Kamfgeschwarder 30 dropped a stick of 5 High Explosive bombs as part of a daylight hit and run raid. The bombs fell between the Railway Station and Hilderthorpe Road. The railway station goods yard was damaged and a number of ammunition wagons set alight. Hilderthorpe Road was devastated. 4 civilians were killed outright and a 5th was fatally injured and died later in hospital. A gunner of the Royal Artillery was also killed and 12 people seriously injured.
This was the 1st of a number of raids to strike Bridlington between 1940 and 1942.

What a cracking day... Our slightly reduced contingent are home safe after a lovely day at Bridlington Community Armed F...
04/07/2026

What a cracking day...

Our slightly reduced contingent are home safe after a lovely day at Bridlington Community Armed Forces Day. The weather was kind to us. Very good turn out by our veterans and cadets. It was lovely to see. Big thank you to everyone who took the time to come over and see our display. We were also joined by the Hull Rifles 1859 - 1918 reenactment group with their fantastic WW1 display, It was very nice to meet you all. If anyone took any pictures of us we would love to see them. Please post in the comments or tag us.

We are ready to go.Bridlington Community Armed Forces Day is on today (4th July 2026) Come down and join us outside the ...
04/07/2026

We are ready to go.

Bridlington Community Armed Forces Day is on today (4th July 2026) Come down and join us outside the Lifeboat Station Station 10am until 4pm for this free event.

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