Wartime at the Corn Exchange

Overview

The Cambridge Corn Exchange has always been a hub for the community and no more so than during wartime. When war was declared in 1914, the Cambridge Corn Exchange became a centre for enlistment, equipment and accommodation.

A collage including photograph of the Corn Exchange building, a Ration Book, a photograph of soldiers lined up marching, a table spread of ration food including milk bottles and meat, and a cut out image of Winston Churchill.

With the return of war in 1939, again, the Corn Exchange played a strategic role in the Cambridge war effort. Find out about when Winston Churchill came to the Corn Exchange and the soldiers and refugees who temporarily had to call it ‘home’.