Devon

A keen cadet

His story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. The...

During The Second World War 1939 -1945

My boyfriend was a stoker in the Royal Navy based in Plymouth... He left the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer...

The ammunition dumps at Bridestowe

My Fatherwas the signalman at Bridestowe station during the war and it was exceptionally busy as the US...

DIANA INCLEDON-WEBBER

We moved to Saunton Down and after a year we moved to St Brannocks House Braunton., next to\ Granny, Helen...

Memories

These are my uncles memories, He told me about the time when he was a young boy, his Father was the...

Trying to find my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin after the bombing of Plymouth in 1941

Back in 1941 Plymouth had 3 nights right off of terrible bombing by the Germans and my Aunt, Uncle and...

DAILY LIFE - Coastguard patrol, boot with foot in.

The Coastguard would patrol from Cape Cornwall until they met up with the Pendeen Coastguard, then they...

From Devon to Hamm

In 1968 I met Ulrich Kayser of Braunfels and many years later we were talking about what his mother did...

Working for the Fire Service

I lived at Bodmin in Cornwall, and was called up for the fire service in Plymouth. I always wanted to live...

I was evacuated to South Devon

I also remember from 1943 onwards there were thousands of American soldiers there in South Devon and lots...

From Devon to Hamm

In 1968 I met Ulrich Kayser of Braunfels and many years later we were talking about what his mother did...

Evacuees coming into the Village.

A while back the boy came to see Silverton because he had an aunt in Silverton, and to see me. His mother...

Truro City Hospital Bombing

On one occasion we were coming back from Plymouth on the train, when approaching Truro the guard came round...

Lucky escape

I was waiting at Newton Abbot railway station to change trains when a bomb dropped. The next day the doctor...

Memories of 1940s Plymouth

My father's first job in Plymouth was helping to build HMS Raleigh, a Royal Navy training ship... My...

Plymouth

During the Plymouth blitz my father and I would travel to Plymouth almost daily with a lorry. On the way...

Welder at Devonport Dockyard

I started at Devonport Dockyard when I was 20. When my husband and I celebrated 60 years of marriage the...

Evacuation to Exeter in 1940

At the age of thirteen, I was evacuated along with other girls from the Borough Polytechnic at the Elephant...

The Westminster Hotel

The two girls referred to were Grace Guscott of Coburg Street, Plymouth, assistant porter and Poppy Curwood...

Alan Kift's War Memories

I was a boy of five years old, living at Lincombe, Lee, Ilfracombe, North Devon, and there were several...

On the buses in Devonport

My sister Marg and me worked together in Devonport Dockyard. We were Burners in Dockyard Number 1....

My life by J.F Blakey

Eventually the family moved to Exeter and life proceeded t the normal pace for those time. The bombing of...

LORD HAW HAW

My mother in law who was 17ys old when WW2 broke out would often tell of the effect Lord Haw Haw had...

Harriss's seed shop, Devonport

I worked in Harriss's seed shop in Marlborough Street, Devonport....

Village Life After the War.

Central heating was a coal fire, but I grew to love it and the village life. I married in Scotland, my...

Air Raid

Exeter Shopping I can remember shopping in Exeter with my Mother when a ME110 fighter flew up Queen Street...