WW2: A Civilian in the Second World War

This blog posts extracts from E J Rudsdale's diaries of life on the home front in Britain during the Second World War. Each extract was posted exactly 70 years after it was first written, marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War between 2009-2015.

New Book: The Essex Record Office in 70 Documents

I have contributed to a new book, The Essex Record Office in 70 Documents , which has been published to mark 70 years of support for Essex R...

Rosemary Rutherford - War Artist and Designer

Museum of Chelmsford, 21st June 2025 I was invited to give a talk at the Museum of Chelmsford on Rosemary Rutherford (1912-1972), a prol...

8th May 2025: 80th Anniversary of VE Day

The 80th Anniversary of VE Day was marked in Chelmsford with World War II exhibition displays in the Shire Hall by Anglia Ruskin University,...

6th June 2024 - The 80th Anniversary of D-Day - A recording of E.J. Rudsdale's D-Day diary entry is now on Essex Record Office's blog

I am delighted to announce that Essex Record Office has kindly made an audio recording of an edited version of E.J. Rudsdale's diary ent...

'Welcome to Essex': Remembering the USAAF Don't miss this mini conference to be held at Essex Record Office in Chelmsford, Essex...

New Book: They Stand Beside Us - The lives of Old Colcestrians who died in the Second World War I can highly recommend this recently publis...

The 75th Anniversary of VE Day - 8th May 2020

Five years ago, on the 8th May 2015, the publication of E.J. Rudsdale's wartime journals on this blog, came to an end and today we mark ...

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E J Rudsdale: Born on 14th February 1910 in Colchester, Essex. Began work at Colchester Castle Museum in 1928.

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