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Churchill and the Winds of the Almighty

A few years ago I taped some conversations with my great-aunt Lady Cuthbert CBE, who was Chief Woman Fire...

'My Best Years in England' - an Indian's War in Birmingham

Born near Lahore when it was part of British India, Mohamed Sharif came to England via Venice in the 1930s,...

Flying Boat

I well remember one night in early 1941 when the oil tanks in a suburb of Plymouth were bombed, we were...

The Bath Blitz

We had two near misses; one bomb hit Colborne Road close to the Wansdyke Inn about 100 yards away and...

Second World War Events

1932 — Born and moved to Fairlie. Dad, due to depression, took a job in Kelburn Castle as he was a...

WW2 Memories

We had to be careful what we touched as "Jerry" dropped a lot of small items such as fountain pens,...

War Diaries (part 4)

13-10-1940 Sunday Around 11.30 a.m., Alan, Bert's son, asked if he and Loline could go up to the Golf...

Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire - and Back!

Now he was stationed at HMS Raleigh at Torpoint, and later in the war he was posted to HMS Duke at Great...

A Long Night at the Cinema

We were a family of four living in Sheffield, my father was in the Auxiliary Fire Service at that time and...

The Blitz and Air Raids in Coventry

This story was told to Katy Parkinson and Kelly Nash from St. David's High School with Ted Cooks full...

Doodlebugs - Beckenham to Thurnscoe

Because the end of the War was obviously not too distant people carried on with their lives, listening for...

Light and Sound - The Blitz

I remember well the noises and the sounds - the sound of the aircraft - the distinctive crack of the A.A....

A Kentish Girl's Memories of Wartime

Neverthesless he became an Air Raid Warden and every night would don his tin hat, and clutching his gas...

Bristol Blitz In 1940

I was singing in the choir at St Michaels Church, at Evensong on the night of 24 November, the church was...

... it never did me any harm :-)

I lived with my gran in Wilsons Road, Hammersmith and mum lived with aunt Aggy and Molly in Aspenlea Road,...

Recollections of a Teenager's War: Grief and Joy in Liverpool

The German was still machine gunning us as we ran into the shelter.I firmly believe that driver saved our...

Recollections of First-Hand Experiences in the Second World War 1939-1945

Air Chief Marshal Bomber Harris and Air Marshal Bennett thought up and developed "the pathfinder...

A Chance Meeting

On learning that my mother wasn't to happy where we were living, Aunt Nell mentioned to her that there...

Buried Alive: A Landmine in London

When I next became conscious I was buried beneath the rubble of what had been no 42 Wordsworth Avenue, and...

A Belfast Easter Present

I'm scared, Dad doesn't usually shout at Mum. As I turn the corner I look back and see Mum and Dad...

War time reminiscence: In a Bristol Hospital

As a result of the situation in Bristol my parents decided that my mother, my sister and I should go and...

The Making of My Life

The most horrendous memory I have of Cornwall was after the Doodlebugs started to fall on London....

Continuation of "3 friends one survivor"

The three of us lived in New Cross south-east London.We were aware of the first attack on greater London...

From enemies to friends

I was only 11 at the time, but I remember there was a build-up to the war and in August 1939, Daddy's...

The Blitz in Walkley

On one occasion while Dad was stationed at Woodhouse, the man next door, called Jimmy who had a picklet...

My Blitz Experience

At this point my husband thought I should go home to Norwich as it would be safer and what happened but...