Norfolk Goes to War

Norfolk Goes to War recounts the dramatic and moving story of life within the county during the First World War, superbly illustrated with 200 unique photographs. Neil Storey gives special emphasis to the lives of ordinary people in the years leading up to the war, the thousands of men who volunteered to fight and the women and children left at home. Also covered in depth are the direct attacks made by Germany on the county by sea and by air, the defensive preparations along the coast and in towns and villages, and how all this changed the face of Norfolk during four long years of conflict and beyond. The book covers topics often overlooked: the fear and suspicion of foreigners, with stories of spies abounding; the food shortages caused by panic buying and hoarding; small Norfolk communities suddenly coping with the appearance of hundreds of serving men on anti-invasion duties or training. Aircraft, rarely seen in the skies before 1914, now flew noisily from airfields hastily built throughout the county and the makeshift refitting of trawlers saw fishermen patrolling the coast and sweeping for enemy mines. Women looked to deal with life now that husbands, boyfriends and sons were serving far from home, thousands volunteering as nurses or providing essential services as munitions workers, postwomen, forage corps, and in the Women