{"id":2587,"date":"2018-12-14T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2587"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:18:04","slug":"2587-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/publications\/2587-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books on the Second World War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Buying our books on the Second World War<\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>You can buy copies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>from your local bookshop, anywhere in the UK. <\/strong>We can supply, on standard bookshop sales terms, any UK bookshop that wishes to order from us. Our books are currently stocked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hewsonbooks.co.uk\/sheen-bookshop\">Sheen Bookshop<\/a> in East Sheen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hewsonbooks.co.uk\/\">Kew Bookshop<\/a> (near Kew Gardens station), <a href=\"https:\/\/theopenbook0.wixsite.com\/theopenbook-richmond\">The Open Book<\/a> at King Street Richmond, and <a href=\"https:\/\/paradesendbooks.co.uk\/\">Parade&#8217;s End Books<\/a> on Richmond Road, Ham Parade, in Ham.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>by post from Robert Smith, 3 Chelwood Gardens, Richmond TW9 4JG. <\/strong>Cheques should be made payable to the Richmond Local History Society. Our prices are listed below. (Reduced prices for members are shown in brackets.) For orders by post we also charge for postage and packing. For orders to UK addresses this is \u00a32.25 for the first item; we may need to charge additional postage for orders of more than one item.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>online, paying with a credit or debit card via PayPal. Our online prices include postage and packing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form class=\"AVAST_PAM_nonloginform\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; background-color: #ffff00;\">NEW IN 2026<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Richmond at War 1939-1945<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12612 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-162x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-162x250.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-324x500.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1-624x964.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Richmond-at-War-FINAL-front-cover-1.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>by <strong>Simon Fowler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>124 pages.<span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0 <strong>Second edition, published 2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1-912314-06-5<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a312.00 (\u00a310.00 <em>for members<\/em>)<\/strong> <em>Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Richmond played a significant part in securing the Allies&#8217; victory during the Second World War. It housed thousands of soldiers and provided key bases in Richmond Park and elsewhere. However, for the town&#8217;s residents the war brought danger, dislocation and disruption to everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Using eyewitness accounts, diaries and official records, <em>Richmond at War 1939-1945<\/em> tells the stories of local people, including schoolchildren, and those who were stationed in the area. This second edition has been throughly updated with new sections on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Richmond&#8217;s war heroes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Britain&#8217;s first radio observatory, in Richmond Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Gibraltarian refugees housed in Courtlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Buy online via PayPal:<\/em><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\">\n  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"53NXXTDQ27R26\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Richmond at War 1939-1945\"\/><br \/>\n        Richmond at War 1939-1945\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n        <select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"MEMBERS in UK inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            MEMBERS in UK inc.p&amp;p \u00a311.25 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"Non-members in UK, inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            Non-members in UK, inc.p&amp;p \u00a314.25 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"EUROPE, inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            EUROPE, inc.p&amp;p \u00a316.15 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"USA, inc p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            USA, inc p&amp;p \u00a319.35 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"AUS\/NZ\/SING, inc. p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            AUS\/NZ\/SING, inc. p&amp;p \u00a318.35 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"ELSEWHERE, inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            ELSEWHERE, inc.p&amp;p \u00a318.05 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><\/select>\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"GBP\" \/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Add to Cart\" \/><br \/>\n<\/form>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Kew at War 1939-1945<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10926 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-160x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-160x250.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-320x500.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-768x1200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-983x1536.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER-624x975.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/KewAtWar-Draft-FRONT-COVER.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>by <strong>David Blomfield, Christopher May <\/strong>and<strong> Simon Fowler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>84 pages. <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Fourth edition, published 2024.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ISBN\u00a0 978-1-912314-05-8<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a310.00 (\u00a37.00 <em>for members<\/em>)<\/strong> <em>Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Using eyewitness accounts, diaries and official records, this fully revised and expanded fourth edition tells the story of local people and those who were stationed in Kew in the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its relatively small size, Kew played a significant part in the war effort. American soldiers, who made the maps that helped the Allies\u2019 D-Day landings, were based at a camp where The National Archives is now. 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background-color: #ffff00;\"><\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Petersham: Radar and operational research 1940-1946<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-250x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-250x190.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-500x379.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-1536x1166.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-2048x1554.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RadarCOVER-111223-1-624x473.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>by <strong>J M Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>50 pages.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Second edition, published 2024.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1-912314-04-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a38.00 (\u00a35.00 <em>for members<\/em>)<\/strong> <em>Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Petersham was transformed during the Battle of Britain in September 1940, when Anti-Aircraft Command requisitioned the village hall and institute, the vicarage, All Saints Church and Elm Lodge, and then set up radar transmitters on the golf course.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most important experiments that led to discoveries that made British radar such an effective instrument of war were carried out in Petersham vicarage.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Lee, an emeritus professor of the University of Bristol and a former editor of our journal, <em>Richmond History<\/em>, tells the story.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">This second edition, edited by Robert Smith and Simon Fowler, includes a new, additional appendix by Timothy M M Baker on Petersham as a birthplace of radio astronomy.<\/span><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"4B5TR72TRY65U\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Buy online via PayPal:<\/em><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\">\n  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"4B5TR72TRY65U\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Petersham: Radar and operational research 1940-1946\"\/><br \/>\n        Petersham: Radar and operational research 1940-1946\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n        <select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"MEMBERS in UK inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            MEMBERS in UK inc.p&amp;p \u00a37.25 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"Non-members in UK inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            Non-members in UK inc.p&amp;p \u00a310.25 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"EUROPE inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            EUROPE inc.p&amp;p \u00a310.95 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><option value=\"ELSEWHERE inc.p&amp;p\"><br \/>\n            ELSEWHERE inc.p&amp;p \u00a311.30 GBP<br \/>\n          <\/option><\/select>\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"GBP\" \/><br \/>\n  <input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Add to Cart\" \/><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying our books on the Second World War You can buy copies: from your local bookshop, anywhere in the UK. 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