Hampshire

A Cuppa

It had become a routine, same time every night Sirens wailing We grab our things, clamber into the shelter...

Margo's Memoirs (M.Blears)

My father was head of the ARP in the Queens Park district of the town and chief incident officer. All the...

Bishop's Waltham to Burma!

He was posted to Burma and travelled in the Caernavon Castle to Bombay, India. He finally arrived by the...

Boyhood memories

I was only 5 years old at the time of the Battle of Britain but I have very clear memories of that...

Isabelle Steward and The country at war

We recently had the chance to meet Isabelle Steward a lady who had first hand experience of the realities...

Switchboard Operator (SHAEF)

April 1944, we girls were at Bushey Park, Kingston Upon Thames, attached to Supreme Headquarters Allied...

A Journey With No Signposts by Jean Siney (nee Rigden)

It was commonly believed that German parachutists would land and locate their whereabouts by signposts. We...

My Life in Briport during WW2

My father joined the Royal Navy in 1913 and served during the First World War. My auntie worked on making...

The Untold Deaths of WW2

My father worked as an apprentice in Portsmouth Dockyard prior to WW2. He rose to become a Chief Petty...

Jump the Gun

My father was told that it was against regulations to fraternise with a ‘non commission’. i.e....

World War 2 Survivors Interview

After a few weeks in the camp Mr. Pipitone was asked if he wanted to go to another camp but they...

A Musician's War

I played in lots of bands because I played the piano and saxophone. I was stationed all over, in Wales and...

Our Interview

He lived in Swaythling, Southampton for much of the war, but was evacuated to Tichfield, near Fareham for...

Volunteer Gunners: Home Guard Rockets

When in action the battery fired 128 of these shells to a determined height and position with the general...

Follow that train!

'In the early years of the war he accompanied Mr Casbard to Southampton guarding a bullion wagon. While...

The Dry Cleaning Bill.

"It`s my son`s", explained Nan, "he was in the Normandy landings" "Oh" said the...

A.T.S Memories: Baking Bread in Aldershot

I was called to the front and given a shilling which I thought was my bus fare home, but turned out to...

The Kindness of Strangers

I was brought up at Portsmouth, and went to Stamshaw school, my father is a naval pensioned. He's an...

Glider Rehearsals for D-Day in Thruxton

When they were near the airfield on the way back, the glider would release the rope, as the rope's...

Memories of a St Marks Talbot Village Schoolgirl [M.Brown]

I am now 75 years of age and I have good recollections of the War, first when our Junior School at St...

Memories of War Rationing and the Military Situation on the Isle of Man, from 1939

The Jurby airport was used to train bomber command crew, that's pilots navigators and gunnery... Planes...

Britain's Secret Army - Chapter 1

After General Andrew Thorne had brought 48 Division home from Dunkirk, he was directed to take command of...

War Memories: My Childhood in Southampton

Going with my Mum to visit my Dad in Barrhead hospital in Scotland and the train being full of soldiers......

My Memories: In Nursling, Southampton

I remember during that time riding our bikes along the lanes in the early morning anf seeing dark curly...

A Wartime Experience

I was Adjutant at the Royal Military Police Depot just outside Aldershot... I remember being deputed once...

New book: Royal Navy Camps in Portsmouth

I did some research and found out it wasa former naval camp, a satelitte camp to HMS Daedalus Lee on Solent...