20th Century – Badwell Ash Heritage

B17 Crash in Badwell Ash during WWII

B17 Crash in Badwell Ash during WWII. B17 “Flying Fortress B17G Flying Fortress “Stars and Stripes” serial no. 42-3544. The 385th Bomb Group and Great Ashfield […]

The 1939 Register

The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September 1939 shortly after the outbreak of WWII. The information was used to produce identity cards and, once rationing […]

The National Farm Survey 1941

When the Second World War began in September 1939, Britain was faced with an urgent need to increase food production, as imports of food were […]

Royal Observer Corps WW2 Observation Post

The Royal Observer Corps

In Badwell Ash and Long Thurlow Charles Castell from the Beeches in Long Thurlow was a member of The Royal Observer Corps. The Royal Observer […]

Badwell Ash, Long Thurlow and Great Ashfield Home Guard

The Badwell Ash, Long Thurlow and Great Ashfield Home Guard seen in the photograph were part of ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Home Guard. The […]

Air Raid Precautions – ARP

Several people in the 1939 Register of Badwell Ash and Long Thurlow are shown as being members of the ARP. So, what was the ARP? […]

First World War veterans in the LDV line up for inspection, 1 July 1940

The Home Guard

After the fall of Dunkirk on the 5th June 1940, the German Blitzkrieg, turned south and swept across France. Less than 3 weeks later, on […]

A Type 22 Pillbox at the Stowlangtoft “Y” Junction

The Defence of England against Invasion – 1939/40

The Threat of Invasion towards the end of 1939 and in 1940 was thought to a very real prospect, especially after the fall of Dunkirk […]

Men who fought in World War II who came from Badwell Ash

BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Pat

BBC Radio Suffolk’s Lesley Dolphin discusses the history of Badwell Ash and interviews Patricia Monk from Badwell Ash History Society on the 22nd March about the forthcoming […]

WWI Exhibition

To commemorate and celebrate the men and women who went to WW1 from the Parish of Badwell Ash, The Badwell Ash History Society held an […]

The First World War: 1914 – 1918

WW1 ended 100 years ago this year on Armistice Day, the 11th November 1918. One hundred years on, whether we are aware of it or […]

St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash

“What would you be, you wide East Anglian sky, Without church towers to recognise you by” John Betjeman A Brief History There was possibly an […]

Photos of St. Mary’s

These rare black and white negative of photographs of St. Mary’s Church, Badwell Ash, have recently been discovered