COMMUNITY NEWS - When war came to Montville

Montville Remembers: World War Two 1939-1945 is Book 9 Part 2 in the Montville Stories Series. This book briefly introduces the context of the Second World War and pays tribute with a roll of honour identifying those men and women who worked and lived in Montville describing their military history and their lives before and after the war.

The book also explains how the war came to Montville; with land army girls, troops in training, the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), military personnel staying at Guesthouses while on leave, and the Italian Prisoners of War who worked on the pineapple farms and the citrus orchards.

The book has around 280 photos collected from archives and from families of the military personnel and can be purchased from the Montville Post Office, the Montville Market at the MVA stall or by contacting Cate Patterson at montvillehistorygroup1@gmail.com.