North Yorkshire

Waving at the Enemy

One night when the raid was on they bombed the river Ouse, and you never had time to get to any shelters...

RAF Electrician

In 1941 Albert joined the RAF as an electrician and was posted to the Canadian 502 Squadron based at...

Daisy Mason's War

But you could see lights in the sky from the fires in Liverpool and Manchester and Barrow when they were...

A Child on D-Day: Pately Bridge, West Riding

At Pately Bridge we used to visit Grantley Hall, where Canadian casualties where on convalescence. If the...

A Prisoner of War Camp on our Doorstep

Cyril and Ruth Sherwood who live in my village, remember the happy social events at the POW camp during the...

Childhood Memories: York during War

Clifton airfield H.Q. blown away and young men killed, their loss to mourn Their parents saddened by the...

Receiving Morse Code

Upon completion of this training I was sent to the Isle of Man for Morse Code training. I was selected for...

Allied Co-Operation

One such unit was a remnant of the Czech Army embodying a large number of Jews temporarily housed at Church...

Things Could Only Get Better: War in Monkgate, York

As a young woman of eighteen she lived in Monkgate, York with her family and came close to losing her life...

Sunderland Evacuee

I had just started Hendon Valley Road School when war was declared, I remember one day when I got to school...

Ayton Memories 3

During the war I lived on High Deepdale Farm, Oliver's Mount, Nr Scarborough and attended St....

George Remembers Some of the Prisoners of War UK

I remember the German and Austrian prisoners who made toys for the children of the village... Two...

No Bananas!

A rather strange strategy of the 'authorities' was to build a mock aerodrome in our village, mainly...

Lights Over York

We used to live in a small village about three miles outside York called Huntington... York had quite a few...

V E DAY HARROGATE

In the afternoon we went for a cycle ride in the Dales and after tea, my father and I and some friends...

Work and Play in the War

In my spare time, I used to go out dancing in the town... There were all sorts of soldiers there: English,...

Evacuation - Olga's Story

My mother, Olga Atkinson, as she was then, lived in Gateshead with her parents Harry and Nellie, older...

Evacuated Three Times

My father joined the Army and my mother, sister and I moved to Dagenham near London to be near our...

War Story of My Grandfather, A Eccles

Early on in 1944 my Grandfather went over the Mediterranean to Italy where he fought in the famous battle...

Flash! Bang! ******!

Herbert was running towards the bomb with his bucket of sand to smother it, then would use his shovel, to...

On the Farm

She remember the feeble light of cars in the blackout and can remember the Lancasters flying overhead as...

An Introduction to 6 Group Bomber Command

We were posted to 433 Squadron Skipton on Swale.Having just reported to Squadron Offices we proceeded...

My Demob Suit

Some servicemen would get one over on them by accepting the fiver but handing over a box containing their...

EVACUATION TO N. YORKSHIRE

In July 1944, my mother was evacuated, taking me and my brother, from Morden in Surrey... Our enforced...

Air Raid and Diptheria

In 1942 when I was seven we children were immunised against Diptheria. At some stage of my six month stay...

Matthew George Killingbeck

My husband Matthew George Killingbeck was stationed at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire with Number 10 Squadron...