Norfolk

Norwich 1942

In the middle of the night Nurse Abbey woke me up and carried me down the long corridor, out of the front...

A Long Walk for a Four Year Old

I remember being in the Jenny Lind Hospital with a broken arm aged four years old in 1944. My mother came...

Leslie Dexter’s VE Day celebrations

During the war the Americans used the Grosvenor Pub on Mansfield Road in Nottingham as their army base. To...

I found love at war

On my first day there I met the girl next door but one and we eventually got married in 1957. Unfortunately...

End of War Service in Norwich Cathedral

When war ended there was a service in Norfolk cathedral... After this I was able to come home to...

My life before, during, & after my service in England.

I grew up in South Bend, Indiana and graduated from High School in January 1938... I worked in the snack...

Patriotism

I distinctly remember D Day — I was languishing in bed with “German Measles”...

Chocolate

My father was away for six years and all he smuggled home for me from Germany was a bar of chocolate....

Land Army Badge: Scotland

Land Army Badge: Scotland...

Emergency coffee: Scotland

Emergency coffee: Scotland...

War helmet: Scotland

War helmet: Scotland...

Nuremberg: Scotland

Nuremberg: Scotland...

Preparing for War

Preparing for War...

Gladice hepworth story

This following is an account of Gladice hepworth wrote by Nathan carpenter and Daniel sargeant she was in...