North West Wales

My Story Of My Young Life: Evacuated from Guernsey

When the Germans had taken France the Guernsey States ordered women and children to be evacuated to the...

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story -Part 5: Chapters 15 to 17

The subjects I was allocated were Aircraft Recognition for the Gunners, Night Vision and Bomber Tactics for...

War-Time Existence

Another famous person who was a personal friend of Mrs Hichens was Joyce Grenfell who visited North Aston...

Primary schooldays WW2

Chelsfield was only a few miles from Biggin Hill which was a fighter defence air station guarding London....

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story - Part 6: Chapters 18 to 20

The latter course, Flying Control, said you had to fly at night to know about airfield layouts; this...

Reg Gill: RAMC Training and Recruitment, 1939

I went there and reported to Sergeant radiographer who said "Oh you're that bloke from the 18th. I...

My Mum's Diary as an Evacuee Aged Sixteen Part 1

Went out at night with Elwyn, Lorna and Len. Later saw Len and Elwyn and stopped Len to give him...

Philips War Part 3

If there was a downside to our life at Penlynn Farm, it was Tommy Roberts; apparently Tommy had served in...

How My Dad Spent His 21st Birthday

British and Indian troops had defeated a Japanese offensive during the ferocious defence of Kohima, in...

1945 Radar Trials

WW2 LETTERS — 1945 My father, Ron Taylor, was working on radar development for TRE, based in Malvern,...

World War 2 and 'My' Commandos [L.Stevenson : Part 1]

As the R.M. 'green beret' Commandos began to appreciate the gutsy qualities of their little leader...

Life As An Evacuee

While we were overjoyed to see him, we cried at the thought of going back to Liverpool, and Auntie Lila...

My "Lovely" War

A boy at the Rhyl office had invited his Selhurst Grammar school friend up to Rhyl. I hated it back in...

WWII Evacuee: From Hounslow to Wales

In the cinema we lapped up Lesley Mitchell and others yelling the latest filmed News; Alvar Lidell, Stuart...

Philip's War Part 2

Eventually, a WVS woman came over and explained that Mrs Roberts only wanted two children; our hearts sank....

Joining the WAAF

I was 19 at the time, we all had to do something for our country, either Land Army, ammunition factory,...

My Evacuation Memories of World War 2

On the evacuation away from the bombing of Liverpool while we were waiting for the train to leave the...

My Memories of Evacuation: From Liverpool to North Wales

Brynffinon was about 1½ miles from the village of Sarn and every Wednesday, when Mr. and Mrs. Roberts...

Ted's Big Adventure

When the first air raid warning sounded I was playing with my friend in Oxhey Park. We took refuge in a...

The day war broke out: Evacuated from Liverpool to Denbighshire

I don't remember much of the journey but we endedup in the village of Treffnant in Denbighshire and...

Evacuated From Edge Hill

We attended the Welsh Chapel on Sundays with Auntie Blodwen and Uncle Tom... Edith remembers her little...

Dad's Journey

Dad said their situation was so bad because the Italians had so very little themselves, that he...

Growing Up in Wartime Coventry

The Spring of 1940 saw me sitting the entrance examination for Coventry Technical College and I commenced...

A Young Teacher's First Post

Eventually Birkenhead took over the responsibility of running Llandulas Village Hall and sent a Mrs Roberts...

An Evacuee's Story: From Kent to North Wales

Mr and Mrs. Morgan lived in a little terrace house in Morfa Nefyn, a small village outside Nefyn, on the...

Memories of Tyne and Wear: Raising a Family Through War

He could not sign up for the war because of his health, so during the war he drove the buses to the...