大象传媒

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War website by Matthew and James, pupils from Teversham Primary School on behalf of Dennis Merry and has been added to the site with his permission. Dennis Merry fully understands the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.

I was 16 when I was called up for the Home Guard. I used to carry bombs and rockets on the railway which was very exciting but dangerous. We did have some fun; I played for Cambridge School boy鈥檚 cricket team and we played at Lords. I went to St. Philips School. We didn鈥檛 have as many toys as we do now; the only toy I had was a steam engine.
I was a farmer heading to Brimsdown on June the 27th 1944 when the track got bombed. It was bombed quite a lot. It blew the railway up so we had to abandon the train. I heard a lot of bombing raids. I could see the destruction from the Blitz in London from Mill Road Bridge. We had German bombers hit a crane and kill a soldier on the bridge. I felt apprehensive. I drove a royal train once or twice to the station. I used to set pigeons into the wild.
My mother took in evacuees. I had a brother who had died as a baby. Some of my friends were killed during the war.

漏 Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.