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A4235474 - Life and Love in the ATS :Part 2

When Syd's month's leave ended he was told that he was likely to be demobbed within the next few...

The Day We Went to Blackpool

I'm sure, George Thomas, Wilf Riding, 鈥淒ickie鈥� Hartles, 鈥淭ich Jones,鈥� Eric...

Nursing on the Home Front

One Dutch nurse arrived who had escaped from Holland, found some papers belonging to a dead French boy,...

Martha and Hugo Veerman's flight from Jersey

The Flight from Jersey by Martha and Hugo Veerman written by Wietkes Young nee. It was written by Wietkes...

My family during the War

In 1936 my grandma, Nellie, and her family, moved to London from Blackburn. One day my grandma saw Winston...

A slice of bacon once a week

And when we got down the road past where we were in the hospital there was a car stuck in the snow,...

A tribute to my parents, Les & Mary:

Les & Mary 鈥� a tribute The moment I hear the unforgettable sounds of Glen Miller on the radio I...

Joseph Carver - Middle Gunner in a Lancaster Bomber

My late mother in law Lily had a sister Doris who was serving in the W.R.A.F. On hearing the news of...

Wartime Wedding Receptions

Then for weeks after that at breakfast Mum would say 鈥淚 wonder what poor Arthur is doing today? That...

Life as a young, married woman in War-torn Burma and in India.

Life as a young, married woman in War-torn Burma and in India. As soon as the training was finished, he was...

Canada comes to Penn.

When my father, Hester Walter , was eleven they moved from the coal branch to the town of Edson, a...

Getting to Know Tony Hands

Tony and Kathleen married and had three daughters, Kathleen, Teresa and Margaret who in turn made him...

What did you do in the War Nan?

Frederick Gilbert and wife Isabelle - Grandfathers brother Isabelle Eugenie - fathers cousin And Harry...

Tribute to our Mother

Dad was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore in the Far East on Mum's 29th birthday.He had sent her...

Life Goes On - Part 3

Willy or a house guest would baby-sit for Hans, who was too young and Fred, who always managed an excuse...

Betty Lewis: My War

The German dive bombers were just diving and picking off the soldiers on the beach and when the boats went...

Cyril and Winifred KIRK ~ A war time wedding

Dad had been part of the BEF and had confided in Mum that following the British Army retreat from France,...

John Waring MILITARY MEDAL

Later the ARP station moved from the school to what was called 鈥淭he Castle鈥� Colwyn Street which...

MR ROBERT CHASE BAILLIE - WAR STORY

From Chesapeake Bay Robert and his mates were told to take the railway over American to Seattle to view a...

Evacuation of School Children-June 1940 (Part One)

Later they attended Smalley Girls鈥� School and integrated with the village children... Their brother...

A Civilian Prisoner of the Japanese

The Japanese guards treated civilians less brutally than servicemen, the manual labour was bearable, food...

A Wartime Engagement and Marriage.

Mr Matthew H Blamey interviewed by Margaret le Cras 5/5/2005 Recording transcribed by John David 8/6/2005....

Childhood on the Run

We were blockaded in as the Russians were encircling Berlin, but my mother and other women would try and...

My War - Home and Abroad

I met a very nice Belgian girl of about 18 called Elyane, who lived next door to the canteen, and whose...

War Brings Early Marriage

My Mother Alice was concerned she would loose touch of her fianc茅 Tom if war broke out. September 1940...

This is the story of Billie Brooks

My father who was a retired Army RHA, still working for them undercover, decided we would leave the island,...