Love in Wartime

The chances of war: Dunkirk 1940

My father, Alf Dines, was evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk onto the cargo ship Clan Macalister on May...

Wedding

Denise was French and worked in the office at Ransomes and Rapiers in Ipswich. A sneak plane had dropped a...

Soldier Home to Marry

His Captain arranged that Jimmy could marry Mary in Springside, Ayrshire, and then fly out to Arnhem... He...

Of course that was the start of it...

I walked home with her one day, but the next week I was posted abroad - by that I mean I went...

I Was There- ATS in Cornwall

I was a very young ATS staff driver stationed at Truro and I remember very well driving my Officer onto...

Carbide Lamps and Farmwork

Although cycling in the blackout wasn't much fun and the bikes didn't have dynamos, only carbide...

Wartime Wedding

I had a blue wedding dress and the traditional little halo hat. There was no time for a wedding meal....

Wartime Love Story in Suffolk

Saturday evening was dance night and I guess one one of these occasions she met and fell in love with the...

A Satin Wedding Dress

I was determined to have a white wedding, and my husband brought the material from Africa - satin for me...

Hilda Wilson's Neighbours Untimely Death

He joined the RAF in May 1940 on his first wedding anniversary - which upset Sue's mother....

Midnight Train from Darlington to Ferryhill

When we arrived at Ferryhill station from Darlington it was on a very long passenger train....

Bill and Margaret Bissett

There I met Margaret, my brother in law's sister....

Wartime Romance

Emile Lucas was serving his country when he joined the French Navy during world war two, he was stationed...

Wartime Marriage

It was a Sunday morning at Waterloo station and my parents and my sister were going to Bournemouth for me...

Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Mary Mulry & 2nd Lieutenant Malcolm Morris of the Reinforcement Holding Unit

Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Mary Mulry & 2nd Lieutenant Malcolm Morris of...

"Florence Nightingale" and the Young Soldier

My mother, Beryl Drake, was an auxiliary nurse during WWII working at Mill Road hospital in Cambridge. My...

One of the Few

We'd saved up all our coupons to buy silky material for wedding dress - new not borrowed - and...

Romance for the Sergeant's.

Ben was a Divorcee who was raising 2 little sons, the boys were to be cared-for and educated at a military...

We Came Over on the Mayflower (Queen Mary)

She met my father Robert W. Propp when she was a student nurse at the Royal Infirmary in Leicester,...

Love Story

I joined the Wrens, and I was stationed in Plymouth. I was stationed in Plymouth, and once I had been on...

The Blitz

My brother was taken prisoner of war in Italy, where he survived as he escaped. My brother was taken...

Finding Love in Holland

My unit went to Holland later to invade a group of islands. Later on, in Holland I met a Dutch girl,...

My Grandad's war: In the RAF

My grandad was a navigator on a Lancaster bomber which flew many bombing raids over Germany during the war....

Stationed with Husband

In 1939 Winnie's husband was the Ayrshire Yeomanry which were recognised as the Royal Artillery......

Sad News

Sunday morning 8 February I was standing on the front steps of the club which was my home, and I saw a...

Wartime Marriage

My name is Roland the youngest son of Jimmy and Daphne Coombes.My parents first met in 1941 at a public...