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"This book examines the landscape archaeology of the Second World War on the section of the east coast of England known as the Suffolk Sandlings (the coastal strip from Lowestoft to Felixstowe), an area unusually rich in military archaeology. It was in the front line of Britain's defences against invasion throughout the war and as a training ground it was the setting for nationally important exercises in the lead-up to the D-Day landings. In 1944 it also played a major role in Operation 'Diver', the defence against the flying bomb. The Sandlings is therefore an ideal testbed for much wider questions about the militarisation of the landscape during the Second World War. This important new stu...
Each entry in this volume gives the name of the bride and groom, the date of the bond, and the name of the bondsman, who was often a relative of the bride. A brides' index follows at the back of the volume. All told, this work identifies the 3,500 oldest Loudoun County marriage bonds known to exist.