- Contributed by听
- West Sussex Library Service
- People in story:听
- Bill Ledeer
- Location of story:听
- Nutfield, Surrey
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A3453707
- Contributed on:听
- 29 December 2004
In 1941 the local Canadian Army unit, was changing the guard in our village of Nutfield, Surrey, with a full military band, when the Luftwaffe took a hand. A scharme (4) of ME 109鈥檚 strafed the column, which was followed by children, including my brother and me. Our mother and others, were watching, horrified. All I can remember is the hideous noise and having a large bandsman laying on me to protect me. Miraculously, no one was seriously wounded.
On the night of 17th June 1944, a V1 flying bomb came down within 50 yards of our house. The roof collapsed and we were trapped in our 鈥淢orrison鈥 all steel table shelter. The ARP and others dug us out and we were sent to live with the vicar. After about six weeks, we were evacuated and spent an idyllic nine months or so in rural Breconshire, Wales. My mother always said that we were sent away, because of my awful foul language, learnt from the troops.
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