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Their Finest Hour: Surrey and the Battle of Britain
7th Sep, 2010 to 30th Sep, 2010
During September 2010 the Surrey History Centre will host an exhibition remembering the county's contribution to the Battle of Britain.In 1939, Britain was plunged into war; a war which for the first two years threatened her very existence and inflicted on her people the horrors of aerial bombardment. Faced with conscription, rationing and the demands of civil defence, community spirit within the county was exposed to its severest test.
Visit the virtual exhibition to read the story of Surrey and the Battle of Britain.
Surrey on Film, 1914-1953: a community in peace and war
A number of archive film extracts will be playing in the Surrey History Centre foyer during the exhibition. These show how communities responded during the Second World War.- Walton’s March for Victory, 1941
- The Surrey Land Club, 1942
- The Gowland Family of Croydon, 1944-45
- Leatherhead and District Civil Defence, 1946
The films are just some of those included on the compilation 'Surrey on Film, 1914-1953: a community in peace and war', which is on sale in the foyer (DVD: £7.50 and video: £2.50).
The Surrey History Centre local studies collection contains a wide selection of material related to Surrey in the Second World War. A small selection has been listed in a bibliography (available as a downloadable 
pdf and direct from the Surrey History Centre).
Other websites:
Battle of Britain Memorial Trust
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Centre
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
RAF Museum
Wings Museum (former Redhill Aerodrome memorial), now at Balcombe
Battle of Britain Historical Society
Imperial War Museum
National Army Museum
Surrey History Centre
130 Goldsworth Road,
Woking,
Surrey
GU21 6ND
Tel: 01483 518737
Email: shs@surreycc.gov.uk
www.surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistorycentre
Normal Opening Hours
* Monday - closed
* Tuesday - 9.30 - 5.00
* Wednesday - 10.15 - 5.00
* Thursday - 9.30 - 7.30
* Friday - 9.30 - 5.00
* Saturday - 9.30 - 4.00