Kent

Cricket to Pluto - Stanley Tarrant

We left the station outside Kenley Aerodrome and arrived at Liverpool dock yard not knowing where we were...

Tom's War. A Youngster's Recollections of WW2. Part 3 Back to Ramsgate

Dad's Army' brought their weapons home with them, and consequently, I became familiar with a...

A "Bolshie" Royal Naval Reservist (2)

On one occasion when we were practising wet landings prior to the proposed invasion of Leros, Samos and Kos...

Memories - A Boy's War in Hellfire Corner

German POW's started working in the town, digging a large trench up London Road and Old Park Road to...

1940-1944. A Conscript's Story

The first exploded about 100 yards short of our guns, the second bomb fell right inside the next gun pit to...

From Captivity to Freedom: From BEF to POW - and Back Again

Les refused to stay in a P.O.W. camp in Germany and was made to march across Europe The forced labour that...

Jean's War - Evacuated from Gravesend to Dartington Hall

Dartington Hall was famous for being a progressive public school, mostly for ;the wealthy, but the evacuees...

A Collection of Memories by John Rawlings - Chapter 6

My mother always greeted us with the news of neighbours’ sons who had been promoted to corporals,...

Headcorn Airfield. Part Two: Activity and Events 1943

Soon after the Spitfires arrived one of the Canadian pilots, Flying Officer Thomas Todd visited Kingsden -...

Headcorn Airfield. Part One: Construction in 1942

This recollection of experiences and activities of the world war two Headcorn airfield is the result of...

In Search Of The Enemy: Typhoon pilot

Even with the poor visibility, and the low cloud that shrouded the English Channel, the enemy aircraft, an...

Tom's War. A Youngsters Recollections of WW2. Part 1 "The Phoney War"

The conflict was brought to Thanet's doorstep because of our closeness to the Goodwin Sands where mined...

Dover "Hell Fire Corner" - Family Life

Throughout the second world war the family lived in Dover and the diary recounts such diverse events as air...

The War as I Knew It - Part 1

By this time my mother was getting worried about us, so she decided to send my sister Muriel and I to my...

Teenagers Memories of the War (Part 1)

A little while later we were told that these little boats bravely sailed over to Dunkirk and neighbouring...

Remembering the War

In August 1939 I went on holiday to Herne Bay in Kent and one day walking along the front I heard the...

Kent (Fortress) Royal Engineers in France

Over in France, the BEF and the French army were failing to hold against the fast-moving German armoured...

So Many Memories

After my days work was over sometimes I would enjoy a visit to the cinema, and then on Saturday I would go...

Life Onboard a V and W Destroyer

Mr. Stone was resplendent in red frock coat black trousers with gold braid , and to my amazement informed...

My Wartime Experiences: Evacuated from Croydon to Oxney in Kent and Eltisley in Cambridgeshire

My next recollection was being sent away to stay with my aunt and uncle in stone in Oxney near Tenterden...

My Wartime Experiences

My next recollection was being sent away to stay with my aunt and uncle in stone in Oxney near Tenterden...

Rehearsals for War

I thus found myself, completely without any fore-thought, a Sapper in 313th AA Coy RE of the 29th Battalion...

WW2-Life in Kent

An old rotten Oak was dug out, following a great deal of chopping and rotten chips all over the garden......

Some Wartime Reminiscences

SOME WARTIME REMINISCENCS by Keith Davidson, born 12 September 1932, then living at 111 The Avenue, West...

WW2 Reminiscences: The Blitz in Kent

On another occasion I was crossing the Great Lines on my way to work when I actually loooked down upon a...

EYE WITNESS ON FIREDRAKE, AGROUND OFF MALAGA AND HOME TO CHATHAM

A flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boats was to be towed out to Gibraltar and a concentrated operation was entered...