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US Entry in the war - grey suits

He trained in Canada in the frozen north where their eyelashes use to freeze because Canada took our boys...

Bombing Raids

In 1942/43 he recalls watching the vapour trains of the massive RAF Thousand Bombers Raids on Germany and...

My mother's recollections

My mother was born in 1935 and was evacuated with her younger brother, Stuart to a mining village in...

My Sister

As the sky lit up all around us as we were in our shelter waiting for the "all clear". Mum started...

Memories of Kent

I was at school in Kent during the war and one of my memories is of going to school for mornings only...

Meeting McIndoe's Men

The house was called "Tudor Cottage", with huge gardens that backed on to an empty stately home. At...

Mr Tallon's Story

Bombs were mainly dropped in towns and near factories, the nearest bomb dropped to Mr Tallon was Claughton....

Growing up in Locharbriggs

As a little boy I remember the only sweets we could get our hands on were liquorish sticks, which I hated....

Guernsey People's attitude to the Germans

Duck there is one coming down

I thought about what we had gone through that night I felt as though I could just go across to Germany and...

Serve the forces

My War Memories

Born in Hampshire, 12 miles from Winchester, 4 miles from Southampton, we had tanks parked all down the...

Sunday Roast

I was evacuated in 1939 with my family moving to Bearsted in Kent and myself going with the school to...

The Whistling Parrot

I was a teenager when the war ended but we were bombed in Ker Street and Mum and my four sisters were...

'Grenade' attack

We had got a few potatoes and were sitting by the side of the road before we cycled back to Bedford....

Ludlow in Wartime

My mother used to run the village shop and I remember her going into Ludlow to fetch the food for the shop...

Doodlebugged in my bedroom

I was being pulled from under the rubble that had fallen onto the beds in the bedroom that I shared with my...

A Mothers Battle in Bootle.

My mother had 6 children, the first 3 died of pneumonia, she was heavily pregnant at the time with me when...

Mrs. Schofield's Story

Not many bombs dropped on Bolton village. Foods that were rationed were meat, cheese, sweets, butter, jam...

TOYS AND GAMES WITH SURPRISING FRIENDS

One favourite toy was for example an small motorbike wheel,and a stick and many children played with these...

At home in the War

I was 19 when war broke out, I got my call up papers and went along to register, I was down for...

A Child's experience of bombs in Penge

One day when we were in the dining hall eating our dinner, a single seater German plane came beside the...

A Late Night Telephone Call

In 1944 I remember my father receiving a late night telephone call from a distressed neighbour of ours....

Our War Effort

There was a lady and her husband in Eccleston park, who were retired, they had a massive house and opened...

Foster parent plan for war children assists Guernsey Evacuees

Each child was allocated a foster parent in America who used to send the children letters and parcels and...

Death Before Dishonour

I was staying with me grandfather in 39 Standen Road, Southfields, Wandsworth. Me sister Sylvie was dressed...