Kent

Women Captures Parachutist

The German became very agitated and the man said to my mother " Good job you were here lady or I would...

It’s My Mum Wot Won It

It is one of WW2's best-kept secret that it was won by a Twentysomething housewife, rather than...

Doodlebugs: Royal Navy at Dover

The most scary moment for me was, one night out on patrol in the M.T.B. to see the flare of a...

Memories of the Services during the War

I was originally from Lanark in Scotland so it was a big move to go to Chatam, thr first time I had...

A Banner of Bombs

I was a twenty-year old nurse at Joyce Green Hospital in Dartford in Kent in the latter half of 1940. The...

Working in London

The MT Office had a big map of the area, and we had to pass 100% map reading,. The vehicle test was...

War Memories of an Evacuee: From Folkestone to the Wye Valley

My brother and I were sent to a village called Penalt on the Wye-Valley near Monmouth, we were billeted...

RAF Protection Practice Against German V1 Rockets

It was during the period when the Germans were sending over V1 rockets targetted for London... At the same...

Life in the Wrens [H.Fleming]

Living in a naval town I was taken into the Wrens. I became friendly with an airman from Dover who flew...

Reunion After Dunkirk

My father came from a family of 11 children from bermondsey 6 boys 5 girls and my uncle john was the third...

''You Little B****r''

My Grandfather was away somewhere in the Royal Artillery, and my Grandmother was left to bring up two young...

safe shelter

My Mum said that she would sooner take her chances and knock on someone's door and shelter with them.As...

Strange & Secret Works

Early in 1944 I was posted to 934 Port Construction & Repair Company stationed at Richborough Kent. We...

Childhood Memories of Battle of Britain

At the time of the Battle of Britain I was an eight year old living with my parents, my sister, Gwendoline...

A Sad Event

The aircraft concerned was a Spitfire that had obviously sustained quite a lot of damage, when the aircraft...

Monica’s Lucky Dinner

My mum Rose worked for the council, but at lunch time she would meet me and we would walk to the Downderry...

Evacuation: From London to Maidenhead

In 1941 during one particularly bad night of the Blitz, my parents and I had to walk from Lambeth to...

A Tunnel from the Past

This amazing tunnel carved out of the chalk about ten feet down from the basement floor, and therefore...

Evacuation to North Wales: From Orkington, Kent

So to be sent to Wales with mountains and sea, was very peaceful....

R A SMITH PILOT 56 SQUADRON

My father Ron Smith was a pilot with 56 squadron from1942 onwards, and left the service in 46 at the rank...

Surviving Enemy Bombing.

Petts Wood is only a couple of miles from RAF Biggin Hill,and as the air war intensified,our street...

Plane Crash at Frindsbury

I remember on one occasion a German Messerschmidt plane flying low over the gardens and heading towards the...

The Hidden Valley and the Government’s Bike

One tank sergeant used to have a commandoes bike strapped to the turret....

ATS Dispatch Rider - Manchester, Kent and Merseyside

I was posted to 169 Rgt stationed at Eccles, Manchester, on a dummy gun sight where the guns pointed...

A Saturday Afternoon

It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in June 1944 and I was playing ball in the garden next door with Ray...

Bromley Cottage Hospital

When you got all the flying bombs, that gave such a terrific blast, and so many casualties came in with...