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A Lodgings Provider

We all started to cry, because we did not want to be at war with Germany, because a lot of our people...

Life on a farm in Guernsey during the German Occupation.

Life on a farm in Guernsey during the German Occupation. But we were lucky, we had the car under the...

The War in Germany - Chapter 4

My father, through the Refugee Association, was desperately trying to get out of Germany. He was in a...

Some wartime memories about the Hanson family of Salford, Lancashire

Another coincidence was that Chris was born towards the end of World War Two in Salford, Lancashire. As my...

"WARTIME IN SHROPSHIRE - MUCH WENLOCK, HARLEY & SHREWSBURY"

Twelve girls were billeted at Harley Rectory; the Rector had moved to a new Rectory leaving the old Rectory...

Quiet Heroes and Deadly Risks (1)

A military patrol ahead of the advancing British troops entering the town of Utrecht in the centre of the...

Life under the occupation in Holland

Dutch resistance crumbled quickly and within a few days the German Army had entered her home town of...

Oil and War

My father told me that the men were not allowed to leave Persia to go home to join up in the Armed...

HAVING A WARTIME BABY

The Doctor lived in Selly Oak and the Clinic was in Selly Oak, they were very good, but we had to walk...

Evacuated to Hereford

The Taxi driver took John, my son, and myself to his home and the next day he took me to Peterchurch to...

The interesting life of Joan Bishop

Joan was one for flouting the rules and as appointed gang leader of the other Army children it was her job...

Auntie Pru's Wedding

I was aged ten then, and was allowed to go the wedding with another of Prue's sisters, my Auntie Ciss....

The Day My Dad Came Home from Singapore

After evading capture at Dunkirk in 1940 he was sent to Singapore 2 weeks later and captured by the...

On the Home Front

When we were preparing for the wedding, it was hilarious because in those days you did not just go into a...

Memories of a Schoolboy in Exeter During World War 2

My father, being a butcher, was responsible for the meat supplies to people registered with him, in the St...

A Fine Irish -American Love Story

A FINE IRISH AMERICAN ROMANCE By MONA LE STRADE Transcribed by Stephen Mc Cauley The way I met my husband...

WHY IS SOIL IN MY BED?!

At the outbreak of war I was living at Gunner's Vale Farm, which was located in between Wolviston and...

WHY IS THERE SOIL IN MY BED?!

At the outbreak of war I was living at Gunner's Vale Farm, which was located in between Wolviston and...

The 1939-1945 War "A Personal Experience"

Peg was now stationed in Kingston upon Thames so as soon as I got home I sent her a telegram to get...

Grandma's Exit from Jersey, Channel Islands(1)

There were a number of us, Gladys, Eileen Mc Nair, a girl of my age who went to my school, Jersey College...

Permission to marry refused by Pope Pius XIIth

From an edited oral history interview with Mrs. Teresa Thomason Galliussi conducted by Jenny Ford on behalf...

A Comptometer Operator in Dunstable

On Friday evenings dad used to go with her and call on Houghton Regis and on Saturdays they went to Luton....

JERSEY UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION

My name is Pip Bratby and during the war I was aged between 8 and 14 and lived with my father and...

Life without my father - while he was a POW of the Japanese

There were also a lot of unpleasant remarks; the Dutch felt that they had suffered enormously during the...

Blitz Letter 1941

Well I`m glad you got a nice suit for Ronald he`ll be very pleased with himself I`ll send you the money...

MY CHILDHOOD DURING WORLD WAR 11

I was born in the Military Families Hospital Old Brompton,Gillingham,Kentin 1936. Before Dad came home from...