Surrey

The Teeth

We were in the Anderson Shelter in the garden because the warning had gone, mum, dad, myself and my sister...

My Mothers war

My Mum was brought up in a childrens home In Egham,Surrey. She had one elder brother called John or Jack...

A Brief Tale of Pepper

The new bride was somewhat "green" about housekeeping and shopping for food and, on one classic...

Odd memories

When I was at Heinemann publishers in Lower Kingswood we had the Royal Engineers in who took over the...

Memories of Evacuation

We attended school, held in a village hall, with the other London evacuees. After returning home I was...

Doodlebugs 2

One afternoon 8 friends and I went to Grays shore, south of Woodham Cement works to play on an old...

A Part-time Homeguard

Whilst serving with the local Home Guard in 1941I was a member of the first aid team, on an all night...

German Plane Crashes

One Sunday afternoon a German aircraft was shot down and crashed in the grounds of the Belmont Castle that...

Douglas Bader's MG

We used to go through the woods to Blackbushe Airfield to watch the squadrons of Mosquitos taking off for...

'Weaned on Wellingtons'

Did an aviation apprenticeship from 1940 to end of war and beyond, at Vickers Armstrongs, Weybridge, where...

Five Year Old's Memories

If the sirens went off while we were at school we were sent into the air-raid shelter where we stayed until...

Battle of Britain

We lived but a few miles from Biggin Hill, a fighter base and the puffs were clearly gun fire and a closer...

How The War Affected My Grandad: In Horsham

My Grandad's dad was a member of the home gaurd....

Survival Underground

Long corridors of underground air-raid shelters had benn constructed under the shool playground... Although...

From Mitcham to Oxfordshire

I lived in Mitcham, in Surrey, but was bombed out and evacuated to West Hanney near Wantage....

A Child's War

I don't remember any bombs, apart from the bomb sites that were everywhere in London. When my Mum said...

Early Years

I thought that there would be an air raid or gas attack almost immediately, so I started to shout out the...

Gunfire (continued)

We boys thought that we could help and despite being shouted at to clear off we walked the wood and stood...

Unexpected Father

During the war my uncle Syd, who served with the RASC was home on leave and I was sharing the air raid...

German Plane Crashes 2

This crash was at North Stifford, near the old A13 in a field between Warren Terrace and the Ardale School...

DID I CATCH A SPY?

It was a lovely day and the window was wide open and this person announced in an impeccable County accent...

Recollections of W.V.S. 1939-1942

In August, the Dorking and Horley District Council requisitioned ‘Thornbury’ — a large...

Doodle Bug

These were a new deadly weapon sent over by the German army to hit strategic targets such as factories or...

Doodle-bug alley

When I was stationed at Nutfield near Redhill, in a drome previously owned by an Air Marshall and...

Doodlebugs over Surrey

This account was taken by Denis Price of the BBC People`s War Team from Alan Massey at the BBC Radio...

This ain't no fit night out for man nor beast......

I went to two schools in Guildford, Jenner Street and then 'Greenacres' for two years... I went to...