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Hemyock Residents Remember WWII:

Cover: Hemyock's Memories of War Book
Hemyock's Memories of War Books

"Hemyock Memories of World War Two 1939-45, Complete Edition" (Vol. 5)

This book has more than 75 fascinating eyewitness accounts by residents of Hemyock of their life during WWII, both serving overseas and on the "Home Front," edited & republished in hardback, paperback and electronic format on Amazon Kindle. All royalties go to Hemyock's Blackdown Support Group Charity.

This revised Complete Edition contains all the material from the previous WWII volumes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. The entries have been re-arranged in alphabetical order, by surname, linked from the contents list. At the back of the book, there is a list of the participants and local people mentioned in their accounts.

The original photos & images have been made into four HD slideshows and uploaded to YouTube for free viewing.

Kindle books can be read on any Kindle device, and also in the free Kindle reading apps that Amazon offers for PCs, tablets and smartphones. Kindle also offers a free online Kindle reader, which works within most web browsers.

Originally published in 1995 as Hemyock's Memories of War, a 65 page, A4 printed booklet, illustrated with many photographs. Several hundred copies were sold. Now out of print. All profits went to the Royal British Legion.

The complete original text in Volume 0 is equivalent to about 135 A5 pages.

Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 contain themed, edited, illustrated extracts from Volume 0.

Edited Excerpts Featured on this Website:

Links to HD Video Slideshows of Original Photos

For convenience, the more than 130 photos from the original book have been arranged in four groups, forming four slide shows, each lasting about four minutes. The slide shows have been uploaded to YouTube as 1080p HD for free viewing. This means that they can be viewed using most types of computer or mobile devices and at any of the resolutions supported by YouTube. Contact us for a DVD version of these slideshows, or versions in other formats.

Note. YouTube will display its usual "Cookie" page, but there is no need to sign in or to pay YouTube.

Links to Videos of Excerpts

Several edited excerpts are available on YouTube. The text is read aloud.

Memories of WWII: Older Separate Kindle Volumes

Note: The World War Two Complete Edition, Volume 5 (Box Set), contains all Volumes 0, 1, 2, 3, & 4, so is the best version.

Kindle Volume 0: Complete Text Only Version.

Volume 0 contains the complete original text in alphabetical order, with over 75 first-hand accounts, plus the full list of names: Still available separately, but the "Box Set" includes this and usually is better value.

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00X19HHLM

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X19HHLM

Kindle Volume 1: Illustrated, Edited Excerpts.

Illustrated edited excepts: Dunkirk 1940, D-Day 1944, Surrender of German U-Boat Fleet 1945: Still available separately. The "Box Set" includes this.

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YCJ3E94

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YCJ3E94

Kindle Volume 2: Evacuee Children, The Home Front & Women's War Work.

Illustrated edited extracts. Many of these stories were written by women and are about wartime life for women; including working in new roles, replacing men who had been sent overseas to fight: Still available separately, but the "Box Set" includes this and usually is better value.

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010RF7L2M

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010RF7L2M

Kindle Volume 3: WWII in Europe & North Africa.

These edited extracts cover many of the campaigns, including the long bitter struggle after the D-Day landings in June 1944 until Europe was finally liberated on 8th May 1945, VE-Day: Still available separately, but the "Box Set" includes this and usually is better value.

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013XHT03E

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013XHT03E

Kindle Volume 4: WWII in Royal Navy, Convoys, Burma & The Far East.

These edited extracts cover the Arctic, to the tropics and the steamy heat of Burma; then on to witnessing the Japanese surrender in Singapore and release of the prisoners of war, after VJ-Day on 15th August 1945: Still available separately, but the "Box Set" includes this and usually is better value.

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013XK559E

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013XK559E

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