London

From Hendon to Hiroshima

Far more Japanese were killed in the bombing raids of Colonel Curtis Le May, Commander of the American...

From London to Somerset and back again

My mother's sister had already gone down to Hatch Beauchamp with her children several weeks before, and...

His Story The War Years of Frank L Scott

These have included frequent employment in a medium artillery role, action in an anti-tank screen, and the...

London Child: Terror on 'Black Saturday', and Defiance Against Hitler

All night long the dogfights overhead, the whistling of sticks of bombs hurtling down, the ear-wrenching...

Woolwich in the War

One of the German planes landed in the back garden between Ann Street and Robert Street, in lower Woolwich,...

The Shaw (Schevitch) Children During the War Years

When I was still evacuated I hardly went to school but we had separate schools from the local children,...

Aircraftsman in RAF, 1939 to 1940

Added to my duties at Elstree I had something of a roving commission, having responsibility for other link...

World War II: My Memories of School and the WRNS

In 1944 in early May, Norman arrived at Lee, he was the Operations Officer for three squadrons of aircraft...

A London Child in Sussex

It was very moving with the singing of German Carols, particularly Stille Nacht, but one of the boys stole...

London in Wartime: ARP Work, Blitz, Battle of Britain, Digging for Victory - and Celebrations

London in Wartime: ARP Work, Blitz, Battle of Britain, Digging for Victory - and Celebrations. Until D-Day...

A Father's Diary

Christine I am writing this page for you, to let you see the state of the World at this present time....

Wartime in London

I seem to remember the lack of butter and margarine most of all and I recall, when on one occasion having...

My Wartime Anecdotes (1939 – 1945)

Meanwhile, my sister Doris, a voluntary St. John's nurse, had joined the Ambulance Brigade, and in the...

My Wartime Experiences

When I was 7 I remember waiting to see Father Christmas on Christmas Eve, and hearing the door open and...

Memories of a Schoolboy: In Norfolk and Wimbledon

My first real war memory was being piled into our 1927 Austin 7 on the evening of September 1st.1939 and...

Teenagers in War

They came over the white cliffs of Southern England in formation, to drop their bombs on London; but soon...

Schoolday Memories of Wartime Years, The Final Chapter.

We spent a large proportion of our leisure time, out on our "bikes", aircraft spotting, We used to...

Memories of a Wartime Teenager in London

If Dad and I had been in a different type of work we could have 'evacuated' ourselves, Mum and the...

The Time of My Life: WW2 Childhood Memories

In the glass lean-to, which was in the garden directly below my bedroom window, a new...

My life - Cyril Chapman - part two

The village of Heilly was on a very minor road and we could hear the sound of bombing and gunfire before we...

Infant on the Home Front: In Norbury

Preparations included the issue of gasmasks; making black-out blinds; taping-up the window panes; eldest...

Travels of a Captain R.E. (Searchlights) - Part Two

Patton with the U.S. 9th army, was assembling in East Anglia - which news we now know led the Germans to...

Memories of an evacuee's life in Norfolk by Margaret Boon (nee Webb)

After driving through the famous Thetford Forest and some beautiful countryside, during which time I had...

Bus Stop (Chapter 7 part 2)

Despite the fact that all the Green Line coaches, except the 725, went through the heart of London and most...

A Lifetime Remembered: part 1 The 'Phoney' Evacuation

But I do remember what happened next, the teacher called out my name ‘Teddy Parsons’ this is...

Mr Maynard's Wartime Experiences

When we went to go to work experience I put down for a firm in St Albans who made control gears for...