Title Defence Of The UK - Redcar Volume 1 Author John Middleton Harwood & Stuart McMillan Price £29.95 Binding Paperback Description A comprehensive study of the defences of North Yorkshire and Cleveland, 1900 to present day - Full Colour... Each of the twenty-nine parishes involved in the Whitby area is included, bordered by Staithes, Commondale, Goathland and Cloughton. A unique and fascinating record of all structures, systems and community effort that contributed to the defence of the realm. With full colour photographs and illustrations, the following are typical examples: First World War hospitals and shipbuilding, Second World War coast defences, Radar sites, military occupation of properties, Civil Defence, the Home Guard and Cold War´ defences etc.. This is one of the first of fourteen volumes to describe all districts that formed the Old North Riding´. Including all airfields and Catterick Garrison, all in a parish basis.