Air Raid Precautions

HMS Whelp: Reminiscences of a Young Naval Officer

There was one period – I think during the journey from Trincomalee to Sydney – when we took on...

The Swansea Blitz - Part 1

The Caretaker of Lloyds Bank, Wind Street, called us to help him get the incendiaries off the partly flat...

In the Land Army and ATS

With the declaration of war came the 'blackout', and the 'blackout curtains'. All the...

Memories of a Wartime Childhood, part 1

There was an unexploded bomb near the rear entrance to Ewell Court Park... Dad worked in the City of...

Ambulance Driver

Because of the heavy bombing of London, Coventry etc. we were considered a high risk area and if a major...

Recollections of a Nurse during WW2

Surgical and theatre nursing At the end of my first year I was despatched to work as a junior theatre...

Report and Control: Folkestone

Joan Holloway served in the Folkestone Report and Control centre, underneath the Town Hall where the...

COVENTRY'S CUP OF TEA!

Could Ted suggest some way in which they could provide a lot of hot water?... And could he use his...

The Swansea Blitz - Part 2

The pumps were working like mad to pump the water up-hill through a narrow passage running alongside...

Air Raid Defences in Sheffield

I was born in 1930, and throughout World War II, I lived in a rented terrace house at 162 Blair Athol Road,...

Ambulance Driver-Part 2

Further memories of WW2 One evening after cinemas had opened again my husband and I went to the Regent to...

Bravery

Amongst the unsung heroes, there will always remain in my memory a comrade by the name of Edward Bennett of...

The Boy Scout Blitz Volunteers

Thus this is not my story alone - but that of the 48th and the 20th Croydon Scout Troops who manned at...

Scouts Help to Set Up ARP in Southend

As we gathered outside the hall, it was decided that the younger ones should go home and a group of us with...

Double Trouble: ARP in Eccles

A month after our 20th birthday, the 22nd of December 1940 my twin sister and I reported for duty at the...

Kew Invasion!

My Father was a Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... One night my Father was patrolling in Kew...

Working in Civil Defence in London

I volunteered for civil defence work, and was sent to Lewisham in South London to work in the centre...

A Boy's ARP Training

I was also lowered from my granny's first floor window this was more difficult as her bedroom had a...

My War Injury: Service with the WVS in Castleford

One night I was carrying an enamel basin with an enamel plate over the top to keep the food hot....

Evacuee to Front Line Soldier,My Teenage Years

My orders were to pick up the platoon Officer and Sgt, with their wireless operator, and take them out,...

Memories of the Second World War 1939-1945: In Norbury

When we returned to Norbury Avenue the windows were soon blown out and just covered with brown paper....

Hitler v Brighton Boy Part 2a

We saw British and German aircraft, mostly fighters, circling above and below each other... We cheered when...

Baptismal of War: Memories of Salford

Dennis in the darkness grabbing the bundle but loosing sight of Lottie who ran out of the front door...

Jim Humphreys- Part 1 of 2

The enemy realised the importance of this searchlight and tried to bomb it on many occasions but were...

The War Years At Longforgan, Dundee

The Government set up a sugar factory at Cupar in Fife to process the crop and I grew two acres of sugar...

Greenock Corporation and the Blitz

"With the beginning of ARP in 1935 I was the Chief Assistant in the Town Clerk's office and was...