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64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 2

I had enlisted with 254 Battery Royal Artillery and I discovered, it was quite good so far as Territorial...

The Story of Lillian Ewins [L.Ewins : Part 2]

Half was for general patients, and the other half took the overflow from the Military Hospital next door...

Recollections of the Second World War

Over the years of our childhood attendance at cinemas my friends and I sat transfixed at the newsreels as...

The Story of Lillian Ewins [L.Ewins : Part 1]

She found a job with a lady named Lillian Ellis, who was at that time The President of the American Red...

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Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 1)

We were driven in another uncle's car up to Countesthorpe, leaving my parents in London and I can well...

Malta Convoy - Chapter 7

In sunny spells Coates and I, with others from the fo'c'sle messes on the Manchester, would...

NORTON part 1

The whole village and surrounding farmlands were owned by the Bath dynasty, their representative was Lady...

A Bill Brown Experience: Chapter 4 D Rothery: Royal Encounters

I knew that I would have to 'Bloody Well Soon Find Out', so I discreetly watched the next Guard...

One Child's Story Part 2icon for Story with photo

Mum hadn't got back from shopping when the bomb landed on the library but luckily Dad was at home. Dad...

Wartime Diary of a Customs Officer: Ch 5 - Aug - Sep 1940

There was a second air raid at 5 pm and screaming bombs were dropped on South Wimbledon and New Morden...

Bus Stop (Chapter 3 part 2)

Snatchers were, of course, conductors working spread-over duties which consisted of boarding a tram in the...

Memories of London and the WRAF

Betty and Dorothy and another friend were there and three pals of Norman's, his best man was Les Taylor...

The Unloved and the Unlovely, part 1

My brother and sister, five other children and myself were placed in the home of a well to do spinster who...

Wartime Brixton and Naval serviceicon for Story with photo

As this was the site of one of earliest V1 bombs it was visited by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frank...

Memories of a Canal Boater [J.Peters : Part 7]

Kay was showing signs of illness and had a lay in: Miranda and I took the boats down to Camp Hill... And...

Recollections of the Second World War Part 2

At the time of the German invasion of France and the Low countries there was a substantial influx of...

Grandma's War Part 1

His round was in the better part of Fulham where there were much bigger houses and the people had more...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 5

She also writes about her own birth, her unusual layette made from surplus fabric imprinted with secret War...

Buzz Bombs to VE Day (continued)

Mike Gerrard: Well my father was most of the time …, half the time he was in this country, yes I was...

Air Raids in London

Nothing was like the onslaught on London when they repeatedly dropped their tonnage of destruction and...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 8

The spacious Victorian Villa on Wandsworth Common, South West London, where she lived as a small child, her...

My Wartime Childhood Memories

Our local ‘British Restaurant’ was a few hundred yards away in Long Ditton village hall,...

Recolections of the Second World War part 7

By the time I was in shape to walk around, the three week Easter holiday had begun so I was shipped off...

Excerpts from a 'Memoir'

Hitler repeatedly declared that "Germany had no further territorial aims". Actually the policy of...

Recolections of the Second World War part 9

On one memorable Sunday morning, our group of cadets was addressed by an old boy from the school, probably...

Childhood in Londonicon for Story with photo

Three brothers left home the same day, two went in the air force to France and ended up in Dunkirk and one...

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