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Childhood War Memories of London

On the morning of Sunday September 15th 1940, now known as Battle of Britain Day, my sister aged ten and I,...

Sounds and Smells of War: Childhood Memories of Norwich

The first bomb I saw being dropped from a plane happened when I was fielding a ball during school sports in...

My Childhood Memories of Somerset and Devon

Most of my childhood years till the war ended was travelling gas mask and baggage from Somerset to Plymouth...

Eric's War

I have vivid memories of him and his friends going off each Sunday morning dressed in their khaki uniforms...

Life at Preston Deanery

Preston Deanery consisted of four semi-detached properties, half a dozen farms and Preston Deanery Hall,...

An Evacuee in Staffordshire 1940 - 1941

After the retreat from Dunkirk and there was a possibility of an invasion, it was decided that all school...

Evacuation 1939: From Southend to London to Meppershall

Immediately we returned to our accomodation and while dad and my elder brother settled with the landladay...

Evacuation to Stoke on Trent

WWII Evacuation to Stoke-on-Trent Some time around 1944 my mother, my brother and myself were evacuated...

The Gang Was All There

Home was on the Surrey-Hampshire border in a village that was only a short route march away from the home...

Sweet Memories of the Day War Ended

We lived in the country and there were lots of bushes to hide in and at nights we weren't allowed to...

Evacuation

I went with three other girls to an estate just outside Conway town, and was put into a three bedroom...

Injured Whilst Evacuated: To Holyhead

I was evacuated with my Mother Grace, Sisters Eileen, Josie, Phyllis and Brothers John and Danny in...

A Letter from a 10 Year-Old Boy in 1939 to a 10 Year-Old Girl in 1999

So what happened was there was groups of children, about 8 or 10 not related in anyway, were taught in...

The Day the 'Dump' Went Up: Childhood Memories

The 'Dump' was an amunition store underground in some old gypsum mine workings at Fauld about five...

A Childs Tale: Evacuated to Redhill and Huntingdon

Help’ was handing out mugs of tea, chocolate and cigarettes to the hundreds of soldiers on trains...

Around Plymouth Docks

LES PHILP was asked whether he was happy to talk about memories from the war and his life in general to...

Warrington 1939-1943

My decision was to protect our home and family from the Luftwaffe by digging an air raid shelter in the...

I Remember It Well...

When the bad air raids took place, my mother took my baby sister and me to my Grandma and Grandad...

Evacuation - to St Neots

We found ourselves in the village hall at St Neots, Cambridgeshire, standing with many other London...

Prisoners of War at the Bottom of the Garden

We were eventually bombed out and were sent to live in Nissan Huts in West Dulwich. Apparently, they were...

A Wartime Childhood: Evacuated to Cornwall

In that time my Mum and sister came down from London to work, so my Mum could be near me. I wasn't...

Evacuee in Burgess Hill

I was 9 when I was evacuated from Bermondsey London to Burgess Hill early in 1940. Fortunately my family...

Childhood Wartime Memories

Probably only known today for its beer and to historians for its motto: “Sacrarium Regis, Cunabula...

Village Life as an Evacuee

I was 8 years old when I was moved out of my home in Holland Road, Southsea to Redhill in Rowlands...

Refugees came to Our School

There was a girl called Angela Cornett and a boy, John Cornett, both from Jersey. It was signed by the...

My Great Adventure

A sea otter of the Fleet Air Arm was going to Guernsey from Lee-on-Solent and I was offered a lift. We...