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I was 17 when war was declared and living with my mum and dad in Waterhouse Way, Regents Park, Southampton. One brother had been called up for the army; the other was in charge of the A.R.P. at Kings Park Terrace.

The air raid shelter was in the ground but hadn’t been covered in earth as instructed. I don’t remember the date of then first raid, but the sirens sounded and the White House garage was bombed. It was just down the road from us. A shop in Regents Park Road was hit, and also part of the tobacco factory.

The next day people went to see where the bombs had dropped. I believe this was one of the first times Southampton was bombed in WWII.

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