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Recommended Reading on NAAFI and Canteen Services

This page gathers key reading material for anyone interested in the history of NAAFI and its role in service life. These sources offer valuable insight into the welfare of servicemen and women. Suggestions for additions are warmly welcomed.

Title	Author	Year	Focus	Notes
NAAFI by Land & Sea	Compiled by Sue A Lowe	2020	A history of NAAFI told through the experiences of its staff and the servicemen and women they supported.	An excellent book that is still in print   (Check ebay item)
NAAFI in Uniform	Lt-Col. Howard N Cole	1982	The story of the men and women who served with the Expeditionary Force Institutes and Naval Canteen Service	Out of print
Service to the Services	Harry Miller	1971	The Story of NAAFI after 50 years of service.	Out of print.
Naafi up! More than just char and wad		1996	Commemorating 75 Years of serving the services.	Out of print.
Celebrating 90 Years of NAAFI Serving the Services		2010	The Story of NAAFI after 50 years of service.	Out of print.
Canteen Army - The NAAFI Story	Nathan Morley	2018	A warmly written book telling the history through the 20th and into the 21st centuries.	Available on Amazon
Canteens in the British Army	John Fortescue	1928	A short account of Canteens up to the formation of NAAFI in the 1920's	Out of print
The British Soldier	J M Brereton	1986	A social history of the British Soldier 1661 to present day (1986)	Out of print
They Also Served	George and Anne Forty	1979	A pictorial anthology of Camp Followers through the ages	Out of print