Discover Warwickshire during World War Two

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By Daisy Goddard | April 12, 2024

From wartime to workhouse records, there are 180,000 Warwickshire additions to explore this week.

This week we added 183,015 new records from the county of Warwickshire. Delve into Second World War history in more detail than ever with new Coventry bomb damage schedules and updates to our existing Coventry Air Raid set.

There are also new Coventry workhouse registers and burials to explore. From the West Midlands to Toronto, enrich your family tree with new newspaper pages that span the globe.

Coventry Bomb Damage Schedules 1940-1941 and Coventry Blitz, German Air Raids 1940-1941

These 74,615 new and updated records recount the German Air Raid bomb damage that Coventry suffered between 1940 and 1941.

Taylor (Lt) - War Office official photographer

Broadgate in Coventry city centre following the Coventry Blitz of 14/15 November 1940

Warwickshire, Coventry, Bomb Damage Schedules is a brand new set, comprising 73,811 images and transcriptions which cover the years 1940 and 1941.

To further bolster our Blitz record collection, we've also added 804 new transcriptions and images to our existing Warwickshire, Coventry Blitz, German Air Raids 1940-1941 record set.

If your ancestor lived through this fateful period of British history in the county of Warwickshire, you may be able to glean key information about their experiences from these new and updated records.

New titles:

Bedworth Times, 1875-1876
Coventry Graphic, 1912-1921
Foleshill & Bedworth Express, 1874-1876
Gainsborough Evening News, 1954-1983, 1987, 1992-1994, 1996
Matlock Mercury, 1986-1988, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
Piercy’s Coventry Gazette, 1778

Updated titles:

Arbroath Herald, 1964-1973
Coventry Standard, 1747-1748, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1759-1794, 1798-1811, 1814-1831
Derbyshire Times, 1986
Eastbourne Gazette, 1988
Edinburgh Evening News, 1995
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1982, 1985-1987
Leamington Spa Courier, 1984, 1987
Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998
Melton Mowbray Times and Vale of Belvoir Gazette, 1890-1893, 1999
Morpeth Herald, 1998-1999
Motherwell Times, 1983
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 1955-1956, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 1993-1995, 1997-1998, 2001
Rugby Advertiser, 1855, 1960-1968, 1984
Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser, 1967-1971, 1975-1985, 1988
Toronto Daily Mail, 1881
West Sussex County Times, 1983, 1986-1987

We added 100,000 brand-new record sets last week. Don't miss out - discover the full release here.

Have you made a surprising family history discovery? Whatever you've uncovered about your past, we'd love to hear about it. You can now get in touch and tell us using this handy form.