The Sutlers Supreme

 

New Article — From Mobilisation to Evacuation (Part One)

The next chapter of The Sutlers Supreme is now live.

Part One of a new three-part series explores how NAAFI prepared for war in 1939 — the hurried mobilisation of staff, the formation of the Field Force Institutes, and the first volunteers who exchanged civilian dress for uniform before crossing to France with the British Expeditionary Force.

Drawing on contemporary newspapers, official histories, and items from my own collection, it traces the story of those early months when a peacetime canteen service quietly became part of the Army’s wartime machine.

⚓ You can read Part One here: From Mobilisation to Evacuation 1939-40 (Part One)

Part Two will follow shortly, looking at everyday life with the EFI during the long months of the “Phoney War.”