Essex

You Dirty Rat . . . A Pest Controller in the Land Army.

His death is recorded in the book of remembrance at Lincoln Cathedral, and by the War Graves Commission at...

Audrey's wartime Adventures -Part 6: US Airforce bike repairs - Andrew’s field, Great Saling Essex 1943

Audrey's wartime Adventures -Part 6: US Airforce bike repairs - Andrew's field, Great Saling Essex...

Early days of 1940

You must have a spoon — place water from your bottle in the spoon, place the tablet in the water...

Audrey's Wartime Adventures -Part 5: German POWs - Essex 1944

Standing, looking out at the weather from the barn door, was Bruno, the sergeant in charge of these boys....

A Disabled Child’s War

We used to get under the table, because there were no Anderson shelters in Welwyn Garden City —...

A Blast From the Past

I was nursing on a male Surgical Ward, but every Friday I relieved Nurse Parker on the isolation ward... He...

Wartime Memories of East London and Essex

I was born in East Ham in April 1940 at the home of my grandmother, and although my parents at that time...

"The Day The War Broke out"

We heard the noise of aircraft and it looked like the Luftwaffe were bombing Slough, one aircraft broke...

Hitler Bombed Our School

We didn't realise that the bombs that night were probably intended to land on the railway, Upminster...

Memories from WW2 in Coggeshall

Many air raid shelters were built in Coggeshall where people ran to when the siren went off... Another bomb...

The War of Two Sailors part four

One week after D-Day, Emil was sent to the Channel Islands where they lived on board their boat and carried...

"Oh, What a Lovely War?"

The enemy made occasional excursions to such places as Hornchurch, North Weald and Duxford but most of the...

An Excerpt from WW2 Diary of H.J. Vale

Our newspapers had regaled us for months with stories of the might of our armed forces, the strength of our...

'Forces House' and its Visitors

I was brought up in a large Victorian house 'Treath' in Hornchurch Essex. "The Local Troops...

The Anderson Shelter

The back and front panels were put in place, gaps around the sides were filled with earth, the top was...

Pattiswick in 1940

Petrol was not rationed at that time so Dad took us alI his huge Essex Super Six to see the plane. My...

DON'T GO DOWN THE ROAD

There was Mum, Dad and our big Chow dog... Rationing came and many a time I queued up 2 hours for 4...

An Evacuee to Wymondham

Betty, Tony and I were taken to West Street Pier, Gravesend by Mum and our aunts. Betty, Tony and Joan...

The Defence of the Realm, 1939-1945

After a couple of months the Battalion was sent to Essex to guard the airfields, our company was stationed...

In the begining

I was a “Lifeboy” a member of the junior branch of the “Boys Brigade” an...

A Story of Air Training

During 1944, whilst on the seafront above the Children's Playground, I witnessed the wing to wing...

Recollections of wartime: A Country Cottage in Essex

My father located a country cottage for rent and we moved into it in early 1940, Not the idyllic country...

Wartime in London and Evacuation

When the bombing began in earnest my mother, sister and I went to the local public shelter which was in the...

Was I the Youngest Person in the RAF? From Stockwell to Chigwell

The Doctor said that my Mum should be in a safer place and contacted my Dad, who was at that time stationed...

Before the Beginning

Mother came with me on the ferry from Burnham to Wallasea Bay with my bike and we met aunt Elsie there. The...

A Battle of Britain Incident

We boys had silhouette pictures of the various planes and could also tell from the engine noise whether the...