London

V2 bombing of Woolworths, New Cross, London

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the...

Childhood Memories

Dad was working during the day, so it was left to Mum and I to go to the Assistance Office in Rushey...

Life in the East End during the War - by Rene Cochrane

We all rushed to the Anderson Shelter in the garden then we heard the bombs screaming down. For a bit of...

A District Nurse in London

I used to cycle around London on my bicycle since I was a District Nurse and had to go out to see...

Anderson Shelters,Air Raids and V Bombs.

Although parts of Wandsworth suffered severe bomb damage we were lucky and the house only had minor blast...

Working in Region 5 War Room

The following is a contemporary report on one girls work in the bunker written by Florrie Cowley, a...

The Day War Broke OUt

Bombing intensified and Bristol was often targeted — so my family returned to Hastings — rather...

Experiences of a Polish Jewish refugee from Germany

I used to go up to London and I met my husband, a German refugee, in Lyons Corner House... I had to...

a kid in the blitz

We were evacuated twice, each time accompanied by my mother, the first occasion to one of the lodges at...

The telegram: "Missing...."

I received a letter from Mrs Smith. She has a brother, a Ft/S, who is now stationed at Kermington and knows...

Tea in the London Blitz

Jeff's crew took over from exhausted Londoners: “The branches were throwing out powerful jets of...

A Mad Rush to Luton With The Laundry Basket on The Day War Broke Out

We were living in Wembley in Middlesex and we had an aunt, my father's sister, who lived in Luton in...

A nurse’s experience in the underground

I went with a fellow nurse form the Channel Isles and as Churchill especially mentioned a welcome to our...

Nursing D-Day casulaties

From 1939-42 I trained to qualify as a sick children's nurse and in 1943 was directed to University...

A Wren in Scotland

When I joined the Wrens I was living in Aberdeen, I was working in the Palace Hotel and I had worked in...

Life in the ATS

One called Otto was espescially good friends with my father, they used to joke about having been wounded in...

A LAWLESS LIFE

Luckily Pat and her Mum did make it to Alexandria, but mean while things were getting pretty dangerous for...

Kennaway Hall, Stoke Newington, Youth Club

It was decided to take over a large rambling mansion called Kennaway Hall in Stoke Newington, East London...

MY TEENAGE CONTRIBUTION

I commenced work at the Church of England Building Society near Ludgate Circs, near to St Paul's...

Eileen Nelson. Beckenham WW2 experiences

I can't remember actual dates, but they bombed the viaduct at the Elephant and Castle — did a...

The Menace of the bombs

He hitchiked to London, and despite the siren going on and off, we managed to get through the wedding...

In the Thick of it with Churchill

Once I was back in London I received a telephone call from the Prime Minister's office to say that...

Life in the ATS

One called Otto was espescially good friends with my father, they used to joke about having been wounded in...

Tin Hats and Rifles piled up at the door - by Doris Zelichowski

I worked in Hailsham, East Sussex until I was 18, and then I was called up for war work in Phillips radio...

A Kine Theodolite Operator with the ATS - by Margaret Rogers

I was eighteen when I volunteered for the A.T.S., and chose to be a Kine Theodolite Operator, class 1, with...

Joyce hollingworth's Red Cross experiences

A house containing pregnant women sheltering from the bombing of the East End of London received two direct...