Battle of Britain Monument Home THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LONDON MONUMENT Battle of Britain London Monument
The Battle of Britain London Monument "Never in the field of human
conflict was so much owed
by so many to so few
."
Site of Battleof Britain London Monument Work in Progress London Monument Site Drawing of Battle of Britain London Monument
Battle of Britain London Monument Home    
   
 

The Battle of Britain in Art and Literature

There are any number of books on the Battle, many were written by surviving participants and others are being published even today. This section will concentrate on lesser known instances where the Battle or aspects of it were depicted in literature or by brush or camera.

 

War Artists

.... how the Battle was recorded by Paul Nash, Henry Moore and others

 

H E Bates

.... creator of the Larkin family and much else, he describes a fishing trip in Kent while the fight raged overhead

 

'The Few'

.... a poem by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953)

 

           Absolutely Barking

           ....The Life and Times of Mr Jackson, a           true story by Wing Commander PPC             ‘Paddy’  Barthropp DFC AFC

 

 

        

                                                              

Noel Coward

.... gives a gloomy account of a Battle of Britain Dinner in New York in 1962

 

Virginia Woolf - battle over Sussex

.... how the famous author recorded the aerial events around her house in her diary

 

Spot takes to the air

.... how this childrens book character had his

genesis in 1940

                        

 

Battle of Britain Monument