Coffee Time Talk at Fairlynch “Churchill’s Secret Army in East Devon” - Fairlynch Museum Budleigh Salterton

By: Clare Suttie
Added: 23 September 2022

“Churchill’s Secret Army in East Devon”

Our view of Britain's civilian defences during the Second World War tends to come from Dad's Army - old men armed with pitchforks. However, the reality is very different. The length of Britain, highly trained, highly secret groups of civilians were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice. This is the story of these remarkable groups in East Devon

Andrew Chatterton

Andrew Chatterton is a Second World War historian who focuses on the secret layers of civilian defence in Britain during the Second World War. He has written 'Britain's Secret Defences: Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins' which was published in July 2022

All our Coffee Time Talks are at The Peter Hall, Budleigh Salterton. Doors open at 10.30, talks start at 11am.

This is on Wednesday 5th October 2022.