South West Wales

Deep Duffryn 1944

The chairman would bang the table with his gavel and call on ‘Dai Jones to give us a song’ and...

A German Soldier's Story

Story 1 was written by my late father who was a German POW in Pembrokeshire in WW2 and Story 2 by his...

Running the Camp Cinemas

I am writing this story on behalf of my Father In Law, Walter Surples and it is a small recollection of his...

A Teenage Evacuee's Story

There were four of us- I was thirteen, Joan was eleven and my two brothers Harry and David were eight and...

A Young Boy's War: Chapter 3

A year after sinking the Barham, U-331 was surprised on the surface by planes from HMS Formidable and...

RAF 218 Sqd. — Salvage Unit — Southampton — 1940

Complete with rifle and 10 rounds, part of 218 Squadron arrived by air, in a small village named Auberive,...

Evacuation to Bedford and Llansadwrn

Eventually, I found myself in Llansadwrn, and the evacuee co-ordinator, a Mrs Dineen, billeted me with the...

Memories from Members of Astley Lunch Club, Worcestershire.

THESE ARE STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GREAT WITLEY, WORC; MALVERN; LONDON, CARDIFF; LANCASTER,...

Morehall School Posters

I discovered some posters in the Folkestone Heritage Room that were drawn by pupils from a local school in...

My War - 1939-1940: Childhood Memories of Glasgow and South Wales

In Glasgow in 1940 the ships and docks in Clydebank were one of the targets of the Germans and I remember...

Gowerton's Contribution to World War II

Gorwydd and Station Road J. V. TRANTER, JOHN REES, F. E. SMITH, M. K. R. DAVIES, D. R. MARKS, TERRY...

Nine year old Londoner

We were, of course, moved from Sussex as we were beneath the paths of German bombers on their way to and...

Derek's Evacuation Number 2

I was with Mr and Mrs Jenkins,Ron next door with Mrs Pugh.The Jenkins had no children and were quite...

Evacuation to South Wales

Me and My elder sister Doris where picked out by a nice looking couple who took us away in their car,...

Tom Hewson's Soldier's Story - part 2

In Llanelli we found ourselves part of the 53rd Infantry Division and I and a Bobby Jones - from Bury - and...

My Mother's Letter about the Blitz in Cardiff

That was the land mine that dropped on the Cathedral, and the first crash was another mine that dropped on...

A starry night in Swansea 1941 Part 2

Another Friday night in Swansea, my mother and I went down the hill on the little red bus to a dance in...

My First 24 Hour Pass in the WAAFS

Within three weeks of my being posted to RAF Bicester, I accidentally met my cousin Jack who was also...

The Dogs of War

Our bus conductor a man in his twenties , stooped and clearly unfit was clad in militaristic navy uniform...

Anonymous Lady in Wimbledon [Anon.]

The Canadian Red Cross sent baby clothes, I remember the first doodlebug on Wimbledon Common, and the...

A Starry Night in Swansea 1941 part 3

The Patti Pavilion was a popular dance hall for local girls and servicemen of several nations. With the...

Swansea At War

Swansea Your Story is a Local History Community Group established by Royston Kneath as the result of a...

From South East London to South Wales

The Germans came over the school, there was little anti aircraft fire. I have spoken to people of my age...

Fun in the Country and a New Family in Wales by Louisa Small (nee Kingsbury)

We stayed there until Dunkirk 1940 we could see the soldiers coming into Ashford and after that we were all...

Wales: Where I Sheltered from the War

Mother was born in Bow in the East End of London; my Father was born in Deptford; and I too, was born...

The changing face of Childhood: Evacuated to Wales

My Uncle was a Carpenter in a Pit and made wooden toys for me with the left-over bits of wood and Auntie...