London

My First Weekend at the East End Mission

I had come to St. George's Church at the Shadwell end of Cable Street and Tom Collins was appointed to...

The Blitz in Bermondsey and Evacuation to Cornwall

This was all about to come to an end as we had to listen to that fateful speech by Chamberlain that we...

1940 Evacuation to Cornwall

Somehow Dad convinced the instructor that the A3 from Putney to Guildford would be just the route to give...

The War in Ruislip Manor Part 1

On the London Underground on which I travelled frequently all tube train windows were covered with netting...

Sad and Funny Memories - Memories of a 'Munitions Worker

Working at a ‘munitions factory: I went on to work at an ammunitions factory — John Feavers. I...

Dell Wall

"There's a holly tree covered with berries at Dell House," said Charlie... "Come on lets go...

Early Wartime Childhood

Previously at my Aunt's wedding, her in-laws from Yorkshire had said that if ever we wanted to leave...

My War

Not before he had seen the Tate and Lyle factory go up in flames the night the bombing was very heavy on...

The Story of Lillian Ewins [L.Ewins : Part 4]

Billy was never really keen on sport other than motor cycling and drag car racing. I also kept friends with...

In Memory of Uncle Pat

Pat's mother, Eleanor got hers. "we regret to inform you that your son, flight engineer, Sgt...

My War and Evacuation Memories

Beryl and I were chosen by a Mr. & Mrs. Davis who had two older children, Alan who was in the Royal...

Air Raid Shelters

About 1.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 3 September, an enemy bomber jettisoned his load clear of London and the stick...

WWII Evacuee: From Hounslow to Wales

In the cinema we lapped up Lesley Mitchell and others yelling the latest filmed News; Alvar Lidell, Stuart...

Letter to Palestine from London re the First Few Weeks

She and the children had to be at the school at 8.30 a.m they didn't get away until 12.30 p.m. Mrs...

My War Memories

My eldest brother of the two was a navigator, bomb aimer and my younger brother was a pilot, they both flew...

When Bugles Call - Wellington Barracks

Three months after leaving Chelsea for Windsor I was back at the Smoke - in the Holding Battalion at...

Homecoming after 5 and a 1/2 Years in Africa and Italy with the Scots Guards

Then those of us going north headed for Euston Station where we found we couldn't get a train until...

A Child's War: Coloured Glass and Shrapnel

Every morning, after a night of bombs and explosions, we would emerge blinking from our underground shelter...

Wartime Schooldays-First Job

I was about to knock on the door of a house when the bombers dropped a stick of bombs that screamed down,...

War Years 1939/1945: Childhood Memories of Colliers Wood and Somerset

In June 1944 just after the D-Day landings in France the Germans launched an onslaught of flying bombs...

Life in the Services 1939-46, Chapter 1

Eventually I started, about mid July 1939, as a 'Pupil Pilot Officer' at Gatwick Aerodrome....

My War Memories

My eldest brother of the two was a navigator, bomb aimer and my younger brother was a pilot, they both flew...

Uxbridge SHAEF and London Bushey

This was just a short walk from Oxford Street, and the SHAEF Supreme headquarters were situated in...

A Teenage Evacuee's Story

There were four of us- I was thirteen, Joan was eleven and my two brothers Harry and David were eight and...

War for Nita

Children were evacuated to our area from the areas which were thought to be most at risk from the expected...

Evacuation X Three: Chipppenham, Grantham and Gloucestershire

It was following the return from Chippenham that the events relating to the bombing described earlier...