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We Lived Through WW2

EXODUS Soon after the beginning of hostilities, long before we boys had heard of any war, we made a hurried...

Wartime Memories

We had an Air raid Shelter in our Garth, which Dad and my brothers, both a lot older than me, dug out...

Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 3)

There were certainly rivalries between villages and Countesthorpe people would openly refer to those living...

The Story of Mrs Marler

He was asked to take ammunition to the Ports, as although the Milking Machines were innocent items inside...

Life of an Evacuee: Wonderful Years in Somerset, and Change Towards Parents

They had decided that Mrs. Morse would take my brother and me and that my sister would be billeted with...

D-Day Seen by a 10-year-old Boy: In Poole

In Southampton, I had watched the great concrete caissons of Marlborough Harbour being built across the...

"...and live again our school life blest."

We learned more Geography: Salerno, "a holiday with pay"; Anzio and Sangro, "they're just...

Life in Occupied France

Chauny was targeted for its sail way connection We soon learnt that the Germans had ignored the neutrality...

A Young Boy's War in Addlestone and Ardleigh

Our village school had an air raid shelter which we had to go in whenever the siren sounded , but during...

War Memories: A Childhood in Twickenham

On one occasion I was standing at the back door after the siren had sounded and watched the searchlights...

A War Baby's War

From 1937 to 1939 the R.U.R. had served in 16 Infantry Brigade in Palestine commanded by Brigadier Bernard...

Boyhood Recollections of World War 2

When boarding a bus about to head off to Brightons I noticed a military motor-cyclist heading west and...

An Evacuee's Story-Canada

In July 1940 my father took me by train to Liverpool where we joined my Jewish Auntie Josie and cousin...

Recollections of World War II

Grosmont is positioned close to the historic old fishing port of Whitby and can be found by following the...

A School Boy's Memories of World War II - Douglas Smith

But I do know that soon after the conclusion of the Battle of Britain, the Blitz on London began and...

Hitler v Brighton Boy Part 2b

My Boy Scouts Pocket Diary provides a 13-14 year-old boy's view of his priorities at a time when...

My Memories of the War - For my Children and Grandchildren

My sister and I were then evacuated to a farm in Little Horksley to stay with a Mr.& Mrs.Pearce, they...

Gladys Hudson - My Memoirs of WW2

I also had two elder sisters Rose and Hilda and a brother, John. The war in Europe was drawing to a close...

Re-settlement - The Journey to Martuk

The story you are about to read begins in 1939, when my father was a twelve/thirteen year old boy living in...

The War in Ruislip Manor Part2

We always had a good laugh at the way the Germans tried to make us downhearted by broadcasting news that we...

The Unloved and the Unlovely, part 2

Our main pastime was to go down the hill to Finsbury Park underground station, where for a small amount we...

Memories of Early Childhood During WW2: Part 2

This posed a problem for my grandmother who wanted to be with her and baby but didn't want to leave her...

Memories Of Life At Plymouth High 1940-1946

Daphne du Maurier owned a house in Fowey called 鈥淔ive Farthings鈥�, where she lived at that time,...

Story - Margaret Dane

I was a child at the time of the war and I lived in the suburbs of London. I remember the stories...

Growing up in Wartime 1939 - 1940

Our Stan' kept the small room that had always been his, Nell, Ruby - for just a couple of months -...

A Wartime Childhood.

At a later stage in the war, I was in my Sunday school class and we were told that if a German...