Wiltshire

The Quiet Side Of The War

My sister and I were evacuated from Flixtonto my Grandmother's home approximately 4 miles outside...

Memories of an Eight-year Old during WW2: Evacuated from Battersea to Westbury

She said "Salvation Army" - so when asked I proudly announced Salvation Army....

A Conscientious Objector's Wartime Story

Salisbury 1940 to D-Day

We believed that the Germans used Salisbury Cathedral to fix their position, before heading to the real...

D-Day: Memories from the Home Front in Trowbridge

Trowbridge was one of those towns completely taken over by the military during the war and the area where I...

Church Search

Another incident I recall was regarding Wiveliscombe Church, built circa 1790, where there was a huge...

The Bath Blitz

Mud and dad were caretakers of the chapel next door, we lived on the premises, and as I played on the...

Evacuation to Wiltshire

At Devizes, on a hot summer afternoon, my sister and her party must have been deposited in Devizes, while...

No.2 Radio School, Yatesbury

This had the advantage of giving each mobile unit a sense of solidarity but it certainly flouted principle...

Aunt Joyce Worked in a Factory

My Aunt Joyce worked in an iron factory....

Trowbridge and the A.R.P

By the time of the second World War he was living in Trowbridge - and also in the same street was the...

Church Life in Trowbridge - Part II

I have been told particularly that on the evening of 6th June - D.Day - instead of their usual week evening...

WOYG - War Office "Y" group at Beaumanor Hall

After further training we finally were posted back to the mainland, some to Harrogate, and I was sent to B...

My School In Wartime

At one time a low flying Heinkel 111 came over the road in which I was walking, following an air-raid...

Trowbridge is Bombed

As the bombs were about a quarter of a mile away perhaps it was the latter, but I remember my mum dashing...

R.D.B

I was the instigator of Operation Portals, which stands for “Presenting Old Railway Tickets at London...

A Spy in my Home

It was not until our friend Charlie, the farm cowman, asked why we were leaving the curtains drawn back...

Diary Entry, Salisbury: Beginning of the War

The first news this morning was that a British Liner from Glasgow to Montreal has been sunk at sight with...

Swindon During a Bombing Raid

I so remember the night when Kembrey Street was bombed — running down the garden with Mum and Dad and...

Pam Bridges - 14 Year Old Makes Good Target

I looked and saw that it was a German plane, coming directly towards me, a helpless 14 year old girl in the...

Meeting Lizzy

To assist takeoff and landing it is an advantage for the aircraft to head straight into the wind to achieve...

Trowbridge in the Blackout

My mum and dad were caretakers of a large chapel and from my bed I could see the various rooftops...

Memories of World War 2

At the bottom of our garden a narrow lane separated the railway from Folkestone Harbour to the main line....

Dad's Army before joining the Navy

One by one we were kitted out with Army uniform but I missed out, for just a month later my uniform issue...

The Yanks are Coming

Enthusiastic waving and cheering and shouts of “Got any gum, Chum” at the GI's leaning out...

Air Raids Over Salisbury

Then there was the bomb which fell in the allotments in the area where Hedley Davis Court is now... Then,...