Coventry and Warwickshire

HMS Whelp: Reminiscences of a Young Naval Officer

There was one period – I think during the journey from Trincomalee to Sydney – when we took on...

A Child's War: In Coventry

I had heard about Germans from my Teachers at my Council school in Coundon Road, when we children were...

A Woman Doctor (Part One)

Coventry Cathedral was bombed and burnt to the ground. The train could not get into Coventry because the...

The Red Cross and GIs: Wartime Memories of Leamington Spa

We had very few cases of Enemy Activity in Leamington in comparison with places like Coventry and...

Memoirs of Ivan Novak (Part 2)

Aunty Maria, Uncle Frank, Darinko, Lojzo and little Martin were in the house. We were chopping a tree down...

COVENTRY'S CUP OF TEA!

Could Ted suggest some way in which they could provide a lot of hot water?... And could he use his...

My Memories of World War Two

Between us and these two factories, there was an army anti aircraft battery, which was in constant use at...

Being a Mother and Wife during the War

I have memories of getting home from a visit to the cinema during the blackout of 1939-40, during a real...

Coventry Wartime Memories: The Night of the 14th

My parents stayed with Mr and Mrs Hardcastle in Allesley on the outskirts of Coventry. Every night German...

Doing her Bit: Working in a Munitions Factory in Coventry

My mother, Robertina Pearson travelled to Coventry during the war years to work in a munitions factory...

My Life during WW11: Coventry Cathedral and Torpedo-checking

I spent the war living in Oxford, where my Father was the Chief Inspector on the torpedoes being made at...

The Coventry Blitz 1940 – Memory of Elsie Shields now aged 93

The blackout blinds and curtains were all in place and I picked up some knitting and sat in a big chair in...

Warwick Man in RAF, 1943 - 1945

Crew and squadron We flew a Lancaster bomber - two gunners, flight engineer, navigator, wireless operator,...

A Night to Remember: The Coventry Blitz

My father leaned through the door of the cubby hole under the stairs, grabbed my hand and said, 'Come...

Blown Off the Roof

My mum and her brother Jack, on leave from the Navy, set out to try and find where granddad has been...

The Wedding Dress: A WAAF's Special Day

Insufficient coupons for a wedding dress The next time there was a dance at the NAAFI he was there and...

I Was There!

I lived in Kingsbury I can remember the panic in the community when a bomb intended for Hams Hall Power...

Childhood in Nuneaton

He also kept chickens and stored eggs in isinglass for use when the hens were not laying. I also remember...

Coventry's Cup of Tea

When my dad entered the city with colleagues, and began talking to its dazed inhabitants, one topic came...

An Air Raid Shelter near Coventry

After the Germans started to bomb Coventry, my dad and his friend decided they would build a shelter at the...

Norah's War: An Ambulance Driver in Coventry

Born in 1910, Norah Taylor trained as a volunteer first aider and ambulance driver in Coventry and drove...

I Thought There Was a Draught

I was in Show Business during the War and was part of a troupe playing the Hippodrome, Coventry.This...

Bobby Bears Survival

I used to live in Freehold Street,Coventry, at the bottom end with my young owner... As Christmas was...

A Wartime Wedding

I was one of the lucky wartime brides who had the full wedding outfit, as my wedding had been planned for...

First Air Raid on Coventry

By L Pratt: My memories of the bombing of Coventry and the surrounding area are still very clear... The...

And I Was In The Brownies

My elder brother Frank was in the army in The Royal Signals and spent a large amount of the war with the...