During the Second World War, many of the Bank’s departments were evacuated to Hampshire where offices were built, blood transfusion centres set-up, and local food produce grown. For staff that remained in the heart of London, they had to practice life-saving processes such as Air Raid Precautions (ARP).
Unpublished war histories
Staff member John Osborne was working in the Chief Cashier’s Office and as part-time personal secretary to Governor Montagu Norman when he was asked to write a history of the Bank’s activities during the Great War. Read these histories at the links below.
This page was last updated 17 February 2023