Second World War Archives - The Redditch Standard

4^th Jun, 2026

Second World War21 posts

16^th May, 2026

Memorial bench unveiled in Wythall as tribute to Bletchley Park codebreaker Betty Webb MBE

NEWS 9^th May, 2026

Second World War topic of latest Redditch History Society talk

NEWS 10^th Mar, 2026

Redditch author Tony Aston releases latest book

14^th Nov, 2025

Redditch care home residents share stories from Second World War to school children

NEWS 5^th Sep, 2025

Town's Second World War is subject of Redditch History Society's latest talk

Redditch woman whose dad was a Japanese Prisoner of War shares his story ahead of VJ Day 80

NEWS 4^th May, 2025

Redditch Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club to mark VE Day 80

NEWS 1^st Apr, 2025

Tributes paid to Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran who has died at the age of 101

NEWS 19^th Jan, 2025

Tributes paid to Alcester resident Peter Edward Pritchard

NEWS 1^st Sep, 2024

Explore Redditch's Past at the New Town Archives Celebration

NEWS 13^th Aug, 2024

Alcester resident celebrates 100th birthday

NEWS 28^th Oct, 2023

Redditch short film labelled a success

NEWS 17^th May, 2023

Redditch remembers 'Dambusters' bombing raids

NEWS 22^nd Apr, 2023

Redditch celebrates all things Polish at new festival

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2022

Remembering one of Redditch’s darkest Second World War days

NEWS 9^th Nov, 2022

REMEMBRANCE - Thomas Brothers' poignant poppy displays return to Redditch, Bromsgrove and Wythall

NEWS 30^th Aug, 2022

Unexploded Second World War grenade found in Hopwood prompts police and army response

PICTURE SPECIAL - Alvechurch holds its biggest ever Picnic in the Park for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Poignant poppy displays unveiled at Thomas Brothers

VIDEO - Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb MBE is officially presented with the Légion d’Honneur by the French government

11^th Jun, 2021

VIDEO - Wythall's Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb MBE receives France's highest award - the Légion d'Honneur