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Wolverhampton
and World War II
Timeline of events 1923 - 1946 |
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1923
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Guy
Motors Ltd working on military vehicles
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1928
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Guy
Motors Ltd making a six-wheeled armoured car for the Indian Government.
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1936
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Boulton
Paul Aircraft Ltd move to Wolverhampton
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1937
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Wolverhampton
establishes an Air Raid Precautions Committee |
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1938
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Guy
Motors Ltd making lorries, gun tractors and armoured cars
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1939
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HM
Hobson Ltd buy land at Fordhouses to build a factory |
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1939
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Boulton
Paul Aircraft Ltd make Defiant fighter |
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3rd
September
1939
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Start
of Second World War
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April
1940
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George
VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Wolverhampton
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May
1940
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Local
Defence Volunteers formed
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July
1940
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Change
of name from Local Defence Volunteers to Home Guard |
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1940
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German
Air Force use "Knickebein"
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3rd
October 1940
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Bomb
damage, Beckminster School
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November
1940
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Wolverhampton
listed as German bombing target
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November
1940
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Birmingham
and Coventry bombed
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December
1940
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Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company is Britain's second largest producer
of aircraft tyres |
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March
1942
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Secret
and confidential evacuation plans considered
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31st
June
1942
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Bomb
damage, Tatlow's, Cleveland Road
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31st
June
1942
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Bombing
raid on Wolverhampton
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1st
August 1942
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Bomb
damage at Caledonia Road
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1942
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Boulton
Paul Aircraft Ltd make Barracuda aircraft
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1943
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Wolverhampton
sets up a Reconstruction Committee
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1944
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US
troops arrive in Wolverhampton
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29th
September 1944
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F/O
Harry Smith killed in the Netherlands
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December
1944
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Home
Guard "stood down"
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June
1944
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Reconstruction
Plan produced
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January
1945
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Wolverhampton
of the Future exhibition
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8th
May 1945
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VE
Day
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15th
August 1945
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VJ
Day
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1945
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Over
250 houses due to be built on the Willenhall Estate |
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1946
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Over
150 houses due to be built on the Bushbury Housing Estate |
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