Year	What Was Happening ?
« 1941	At St John's	In & Around Stratford	In The Church	In The World
1942	Allan Weir becomes vicar of St John's.	Vicarage Lane Mission destroyed by bombing		Manilla is captured by the Japanese. Singapore surrenders to Japan. Bataan surrenders to Japan. U.S. carrier based aircraft bomb Tokyo. The Allies win the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese take Corregidor The Japanese eastward expansion ends with their defeat in The Battle of Midway. German troops seize Tobruk, the British stop the Germans at El Alamein. U.S. marines land on Guadalcanal. Allied forces land in North Africa & British troops capture Tobruk. Russians counterattack in Stalingrad.
1943	St Stephen Mission Church, Cedars Road closed due to bombing			Axis resistance in Africa ends. The Japanese lose the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Japanese troops retreat across the Yangtze River in China. The Allies invade Sicily and land in Italy. Italy signs an armistice with the Allies in secret. Russia retakes Kiev from the Germans. Italy declares war on Germany. U.S. marines invade Tarawa and Makin in the Pacific.
1944		St Aiden Mission Church, Ward Road closed due to bombing St Mark Mission Church, Windmill Lane sold to Methodists		Russians break the siege of Leningrad. Germans blitzkrieg Hungary. Japanese troops cross into India. The Allies land in Normandy. B-29 bombers raid Japan. The Germans send V-1 guided missiles across the Channel, bombing London. U.S. wins the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Allies land in southern France. U.S. troops break out of Normandy. Germany begins the Battle of the Bulge, the Allies halt their offensive in 10 days. U.S. Pacific Fleet wins the Battle for Leyte Gulf, decisively.
1945	Holy Trinity Mission Church, Oxford Road closed due to bombing	St Pauls Church, Stratford New Town, destroyed by a German Rocket.		The first atomic bomb is test detonated in New Mexico at Los Alamos. Harry S. Truman becomes president as a result of the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. Berlin surrenders to the Russians. Germany surrenders to the Allies. President Harry S. Truman authorizes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan Japanese sign the terms for surrender. Their forces in China and Southeast Asia surrender. World War II finally ends National Health Service founded
1946	Chant Square Mission Hall closed due to damage caused by bombing	Central Line opened, Liverpool Street to Stratford.
1947				India is divided into India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim) and both achieve independence
1948		Herbert Reseigh becomes vicar of Christchurch		Harry S. Truman is elected president of the United States.
1949				BBC radio's first weather report is broadcast.
1950 »	Donald A Rooke becomes vicar of St John's