Archives & Local Studies
collection guide no.11
Military and Wartime
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Heritage Services
Location
Bay 8 of the main shelves
The items are for reference only, so are always available on
the open shelves.
Before the re-opening of Valence House in 2010, each volume
was carefully cleaned by Archives and Local Studies
volunteers before being added to the custom-built sustainable
oak shelving of the new library.
Examples
Lists of Barking & Dagenham residents who lost their
lives in the World Wars
Rolls of Honour / Books of Remembrance for both wars
World War Two war damage reports
Borough of Barking (in street order)
Borough of Dagenham (in date order)
LCC Becontree Estate August 1940-July 1941 (in date order)
Blitz Blog: Dagenham ARP diary of William Riddiford,
1940-44
Bombing maps (in map press 4, drawer 1)
 World War Two bomb map for Dagenham
 World War Two bomb map for Barking and Dagenham
(incidents up to October 1940 only)
Examples of books (in Bay 8)
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: We will
remember – commemorative memorials and plaques
Tony CLIFFORD et al: On the Home Front: Barking &
Dagenham in World War Two
Dagenham Borough Council: Danger over Dagenham
Eric SMITH: First things first – RAF Hornchurch and Suttons
Farm 1915-62
Richard C. SMITH: Hornchurch offensive
Richard C SMITH: Hornchurch scramble
H.T. SUTTON: Raiders approach! The fighting tradition of
RAF Station Hornchurch and Suttons Farm
John BARFOOT: Over here and over there – Ilford
aerodromes and airmen of the Great War
Peter WATT: Hitler versus Havering
Mike BROWN: Evacuees – evacuation in wartime Britain
Christopher J. BROOKS: When will I see you again? The
story of East Coast evacuees
Books on topics such as Dig for Victory and wartime cookery
to support Valence House’s World War 2 Victory Plot.
Books (on the family history shelves)
 Guides to Army, Navy & Air Force records
 Guides to tracing ancestors in the World Wars
Topic boxes (in Bay 8)
World War One / World War Two / War memorials
Includes press cuttings, correspondence and ephemera. Of
particular interest is the collection of press cuttings on men
from Barking who died during World War One.
See also the following Valence House archive guides:
Guide to archives on World War 1
Guide to archives on World War 2
Archives and Local Studies Centre, Valence House,
Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, Essex RM8 3HT
Opening times
 Mondays to Fridays: 10am - 4pm (except Bank Holidays)
 Saturdays: 10am - 12.30pm and 1.15pm - 4pm
When visiting for the first time, please bring proof of your
address as you will need to register.
Contact details
 Phone: 020 8227 2033
 Email: localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk
 Internet: www.lbbd.gov.uk/archives
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/valencehouse
09.2014