Poetry

War Child

Mother dear I was just a babe Mercifully I do not remember or recall the day her photograph Shows her...

Gone But Not Forgotten

When Singapore Fell, the captured army Were marched into hell Thousands were put to work on the Death...

The Uninvited Guest

I had friends to tea To celebrate....

The Dark Tale

The following poem was written by my grandfather sometime after the great war, exact date unknown, exactly...

Bananas

Our kid got leave from the navy he'd got a surprise for our mam a great tree of bananas but as he...

Poem entitled 'Danger Gas'

If you get a choking feeling and a smell of musty hay, You can bet your bottom dollor that there's...

Poem.' Men of Courage' , written during WW2 by George Smith.

Men of Courage' , written during WW2 by George Smith. 'Men of Courage' by George Smith....

Rome - Monte Cassino 1944 by Esta Lefton

A thin layer of snow covers the top, flowers hiding betwen rocks, a profusion of almond trees...

Love Knot

Can you recall when first we met With hopes and dreams we strove to get Bombed out of London Town, so waht...

'Air War'

To wonder if, and where and when This senseless, wasteless slaughter now began, Can ever ben ended by...

For Uncle Spen

My Uncle Spen was the eccentric of the family. When doodle bugs whirred and bombs fell and all were stirred...

Ode to a War

Housewife with one child. Bread and Lard — Bread and Drippings....

A poem: Divebomb 1943

A wartime London Schoolchild Listening Watching Waiting The guns In the park Akk akk Away Night and day The...

Kathleen Hilditch's Wartime Theatre Memories - Railings

Ours stand tall....

Poem entitled 'Price of Freedom' by George Smith. Written during WW2

Poem entitled 'Price of Freedom' by George Smith. The German mass is waning, 'Neath colossal...

September 3rd 1939

Birdsong and laughter come of carefree hearts. Church bells pealed out, and in the woods, Along brown...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 24

"Victory" on their lip See how the Hun they whip While they of Honour sip, Honour and Glory. A...

Kathleen Hilditch's Wartime Theatre Memories - Night Ride

Lowering clouds - - - dark Surrey evening Flight path bombers bound for the capital Steady thrumb of...

Dunkirk Dead

Dedicated to Dunkirk dead. Oh spare a thought for these, who were but boys, For freedom's sake they...

Journey into the Unknown - Part 23

"Victory" on thejr lip See how the Hun they whip While they of Honour sip, Honour and Glory. This...

Gardens

Our gardens were all taken over digging for victory, they said We grew lots and lots of potatoes and...

V.E. Day Poem

Wartime Memory

He wore his dinner jacket To every bombing....

'Lest We Forget'

As I strolled across the peaceful lea A gladsome sound there came to me It was the peal of the village...

Songs for Meggy and Robert

The Last Summer: A song for Meggy and Robert. Stephen Hill., grandson of Pte Robert Matthewson, 27/489. and...

GREAT BRITAIN POEM by BILLY FOSTER

Men of Great Britain Awaken to the call to fight the common enemy Togther one and all we must fight the...