Kent

two graves

I frantically searched that area of sky above but could see nothing just wisps of mist and low lying...

Countrylife in the War

Joan Buse told her story to Helen Kemp at the Fairfield Manor Nursing Home in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. We...

Wartime Childhood In Faversham

It was the Battle of Britain and very bad over Faversham, so we didn't do a lot of schooling. At the...

The Announcement: A Child's Holiday Memory, in Kent

Later in the day we were told that Grandad and Dad were going back to our homes in the suburbs of London,...

An Evacuee's Story

. The rest of the lessons were in rooms all over the place - above the Co-op, in church halls and in...

Getting Your Fingers Burnt!

Sometimes referred to as THE BUFFS, this motto attributed as having been given to the regiment by the Duke...

A Kentish War

We were hop-picking in the fields, jumped into trenches and watched the sky full of silvery bombers,...

My memories:A child in Kent

I still have one of the scraps of paper on which he drew a picture of himself riding in a Gharri I...

My 2½ Years In The Land Army

I've got lots of good memories from them days; for one, I was landed on good lodgings — which was...

Hit and Run

Hythe still had a huge garrison in those days, dating back to Napoleonic times - and hit and run raiders...

Entertaining the troops

One day there was a show on, for sergeants and officers, and I was sitting in the NAAFI with my friend from...

The "Other Deception" Operation - Fortitude North....

We travelled through all the major towns from Kent in the South East through to the Midlands to Yorkshire...

One Day in August 1941

He crashed at Holwarth Farm, 1 mile south of Overmoigne, near Warmwell, Dorset returning to the airfield...

Washing for the Airmen

She fell for it, and soon another man joined in; before long others heard about it, and Mum and Nan between...

A child's memory of the war in Sevenoaks

I remember standing on Sevenoaks station with my gasmask on my back when all of a sudden a doodlebug bomb...

Battle of Britain

Recollections of the battle of Britain by LAC Clarke No. 901301 234-squadron, RAF station Middle Wallop. I...

Two Friends' Wartime Memories

German POWs were able to work on local farms and had a great deal of "freedom" compared to what was...

Happy Times at School Camp by Geoff Blyth

There are about 60 people in the group, with members in Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada... The Lady...

German POW in Kent

When working in the fields harvesting vegetables, the German POW's were made to start at one end of the...

Air Raids Over East Kent: John Side 4

When the Local Defence Volunteers had changed its name to the HOME GUARD and nicknamed “Dad's...

Memories of being evacuated in 1939

We lived in Plumstead in south east London.Quite a few of the adults in my area worked at the Woolwich...

My Wartime Memories

I left Gillingham in 1939 and lived in Shirley, Southampton until July 1940. We had some rough times with...

A Lancashire Welcome

We rented a house, it was number 10, Coniston Road, Little Harwood, Blackburn...it was right across from...

No beer for you, You're a gunner!

'Before his mate was killed he visited his home in East London and was surprised by the poverty and...

The Childrens War

During the war I lived in a bungalow in Alexander Rd Capel le Ferne with my two sons, Tony who was just...

Life in Dover 1940

We were awoken to the sound of a low flying aircraft and ran outside the shelter to see a Lancaster bomber...