Links

List of Complementary Websites

AEROFILMS LIMITED A unique air photograph archive of international importance.
398 BOMB GROUP MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION USA Part of the 8th Air Force during WWII. One of their B17’s made an emergency landed at Fairlop.
BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT  The RAF’s tribute to the crews of WWII, and flies Spitfires, Hurricanes, a Dakota and a Lancaster.

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION                                        

They commemorate men and women who died in the two world wars.

GROEP HUYGHE-DECUYPERE, BELGIUM  

A group who consults with the Flemish Government and contributes to the preservation of Belgian aviation heritage. They retrieved wreckage of the Spitfire flown by Karel Pavlik from Fairlop.

HAINAULT FOREST

An excellent site created by Brian Ecott, which covers the history and wildlife of Hainault Forest.

ILFORD MEMORIAL GARDENS

The Gardens were created in the 1920s as the Borough’s main Memorial Site honouring local men who died

in the Great War.

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM                                                    

Imperial War Museum is a national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England.

INFORMATION AND HERITAGE SERVICE, LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE

The largest collection of heritage material in the Borough on the history and heritage of Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford and Redbridge.

MUSEUM OF LONDON

Discover the history of London from prehistoric times to the present day, including the skull of a Mammoth found in Ilford, together with other finds.

LESS WE FORGET TOURS, BELGIUM            

Battlefield tours of Flanders. Owners Milena Kolarikova and Chris Locke were instrumental in connecting Pilot Karel Pavlik to his service at Fairlop.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES                                                            

The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government, and for England and Wales.  They are the guardians of some of the most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years.

OLD BAILEY ONLINE                           

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913. A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court, including those crimes at Fairlop.
OLD HOUSE BOOKS & MAPS
Old House publishes facsimile editions of vintage books and maps. This includes Bradshaw’s Railway Handbook, which mentions Fairlop Fair and Fairlop Oak.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
A site of daily entries from the 17th century London diary.
PURFLEET HERITAGE & MILITARY CENTRE
The Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre is housed within Magazine No.5 of what was once the Royal Magazine for Gunpowder situated on the banks of the River Thames.
RAF MUSEUM
Their purpose is to tell the story of the Royal Air Force through its people and collections.
Museums at Cosford and Hendon.
REDBRIDGE MUSEUM, LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE
Redbridge Museum explores different people, places and events, which are part of the history of Redbridge.
ATIQ REHMAN
A freelance web designer based in Ilford, Essex who provides professional web design solutions.
His main objective is to offer web design at reasonable rates, affordable for small companies, traders and professionals with small budgets.
VISION, LB REDBRIDGE
As a charitable leisure trust, Vision manage sport and leisure facilities on behalf of the London Borough of Redbridge.
WAR GRAVES PHOTO PROJECT
This volunteer project has accumulated over 1.7 million photographs of war graves and memorials around the world of all nationalities.