Kent

Uncle Billy Day: A Showman’s Recollection

When war broke out my grandfather was presenting his travelling fair at Sandhurst on the Kent coast My...

My Life in the Royal Navy

We assembled in the drill shed and were told by the drafting officer we were going to Dundee in Scotland to...

The First Day of the Doodlebug Raids

Working in the kitchen, Mother had seen the doodlebug coming low between the wide gap in the avenue of elm...

My Life My War - Chapter 2b

As time passed by, the various members of the squad had sorted themselves out with their obvious likes and...

Memories of the Second World War: Childhood Memories in Benenden, Kent

When the war started Dad's job with the Canadian Government ended and he brought us down to Broadstairs...

An Evacuee's Tale: From Kent to North Wales

We were at Leicester just over a week when the Germans decided to bomb Coventry and Leicester. Coming home...

My Life in the RAF (Part 4).

In January 1942 I was posted south to one of the main 'Battle of Britain' stations - 'Biggin...

Memories

Wherever we were billeted we were expected to go out all day whatever the weather, so Mum used to go down...

Eve's (Evacuee's) War

As told to a class of secondary school pupils. I was four years old when, after the Dunkirk rescue in May...

The War for River People

They had worked for Hay's Wharf for years, my grandfather since 1912 - at the start of the war he was...

A Teenager's Memory

The noise became almost unbearably loud until at last I saw from my bedroom window the flying bomb with...

ML108 by Leslie J. Sprigg, Ex Leading Telegraphist

Now ready for battle; I was posted to HMS Wasp at Dover and my first boat ML108. We were taken in tow...

My Bit

I do know that I was on “dirty nurse duty” in the theatre, but loaned to Sister V's ward...

One Man's War

1940 During Dunkirk evacuation, Third R.T.R. sent on “Forlorn Hope” to Calais. Machine gun...

Gloria's Story

My father picked a pram from across the road, rolled my mum in a blanket and put both her and the baby...

Colin's Evacuation Experiences

After eight weeks, when the bombing was less severe, my mother and I returned home to find that whilst we...

War-time Intelligence

Soon after this, the V2s started to fall, especially on London and the V1s were tailing off.My unit was...

An "Old" Boy's Story

My fathers mother was at this time cook and my aunt Elsie maid to Lady Salmond. Lady Salmond was then...

One Boy's War by B Mills

The aircraft seemed to lift at the last minute missing the house and crashing into the park. Bits of rubble...

WW2 in Mid Kent

A German aircraft, a Heinkel 111 if I remember correctly was shot down one night- probably in 1941, and the...

My Life My War - Chapter 4

As each of the three main sea ports had certain units of the Fleet allocated to them, it would mean that in...

My War by Peter G Moody, Childhood Experiences 1 - evacuation

My sister Beryl going to one home and Len and myself being sent to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hooker at the...

Balloons with Ears

Here we were to make two descents from barrage balloons before getting at the ample lovely Dakotas seen...

My War by Peter G Moody. Childhood Experiences 2 - An Evacuee in Headcorn, and the Battle of Britain

Eileen Austin and her sister Jean, who came from Chatham, were staying in the village with their aunt....

A Kentish Schoolboy's Memories of War

Sites of crashed aircraft were visited eagerly by us schoolboys and pieces of debris were carried home as...

Seven Years of War - Part 5, a continuation of story no. A4235672: Back in Bournemouth and in Dover.

I now realised I was selfish to ask Joan to come to Dover, although it was wonderful to see her. The...