Air Raids and Other Bombing

Stories from Somerset

Part of Mr. Morley's job in the RAF was to guide the aircraft into Gatwick airportwhen night flying......

Ashbourne W.I's Sketch on Air Raids

1st Child On Mum, I'm so afraid. Mother You heard on the wireless that the German Army, under the...

A War-Time Childhood, Langdon Hills

My older sister and I made our usual Sunday visit to our grandparents in Berry Lane Langdon Hills, they...

Air-Raids: Liverpool

My family, Dad Henry, Mum Roberta,Sister Josephine, and Brother Peter, lived in a small terraced house at...

Memories of Wartime Experiences

My home was in Melbourne Road and that area became known as "Hell Fire Corner" due to the whole...

A Family at War & Evacuation to Cornwall

Joan, Raymond, John, Pat, Brenda, Evelyn, Alan and Iris. our dad worked on the railway so wasn't very...

Is tonight the night?

My situation was slightly different, my husband was part of the home guard his duties included patroling...

Non-Stop Bombing

Jean recalls watching a dog fight from her Aunt's bedroom, near Dartford Heath. There was the Joyce...

My Evacuation

Mum packed our suitcases and we got on the coach, called the Royal Blue and headed for Grampound which is...

Bryan's War

Not long after the war started mum had to billet two war workers, they were Charles Cooper and Fred Sawyer,...

Serenity of a Caring Mother.

One particular day my two brothers and I were in the kitchen with our mother when we heard the familiar...

Brunt's War

To introduce myself, my name is Peter Brunt and I lived on a large dairy and arable farm, Sudlow Farm in...

Blast From Eastbourne's Past

As he descended through the low clouds he would have seen the town destructor works with two tall chimneys,...

Memories of the War

I went to Callington first of all, which was an agricultural college, and I think it was nearly six months...

Bedminster, Aylesbury Crescent.

My younger Sister was badly affected by the raids and my Mother agreed that she should be evacuated - she...

Memories of the War in Sheffield by Mrs A. Haworth

Later in the night air raid wardens came round saying they felt the whole area was unsafe as incendiary...

My Memories of Earl Shilton in the War

I remember a bomb dropping on Everard's Field, in Earl Shilton. My dad was working in a munitions...

Bombed out in Coventry

During the air raids on Coventry, father was on fire watch, mother, my brother and myself were put to bed...

'Watery Grave' of Heinkell 111 P-4

Because of our close proximity to Liverpool and Birkenhead, we are as the 'Crow Flies' only...

“There’s A German Plane Up There”

It is not difficult to imagine the excitement and interest this event caused, as we watched From our...

War Memories On the Isle of Wight

I was born in 1930 on the Isle of Wight, the youngest of 4 brothers and 3 sisters. My eldest brother was...

Memories of a Wartime Childhood

I am aware that Bradford was not a main target for enemy bombs, although the one time when a bomb hit the...

Joan Griffin's Childhood Memories of WW2

Rain pelted down as our parents half dragged us up the long garden path, our feet squelching, slipping and...

The Police Auxilliary Messenger Service - The 'Pams'

Each of these posts were manned by Special Constables led by a Sergeant, and received merciless teasing...

The Day War Broke Out

It seemed so funny to me to see Teachers and children arriving to do their lessons in our house and classes...

The Day War Broke Out

My mum only agreed to this as I was to go to her sister who had a farm and lived in the...