Surrey

WW 2.Memories of these times.

He had served in WW 1.as a military policeman.He had to sleep in the cellar of" The...

My War: Pig Bags, Rationing, and D-Day

My earliest memories in the war are of him as an ARP warden in his tin helmet checking the blackout and...

Growing Up Fast

Mrs. Mason was a young girl living in Ewell, Surrey during the war and recalls the tragic crash of a...

The Mystery Raiders of 1940: Air Raids in Surrey

In wondering why or how the Heinkel came to be flying without companions, I found myself wishing for his...

Care of Bombed-Out Children

To this day, I cannot comprehend how the authorities felt that separating us, without warning on arrival,...

A Childs Perspective

1 lived in what was commonly known as London's " Bomb Alley" boundaries on all sides of the...

My Best Birthday Present Ever

Mother and I stayed on the Isle of Wight for the rest of the holiday, amidst the practising of the...

Derby Day Disaster

And one of them came down on Derby Road, Tolworth, SURBITON, Surrey a few months later....

The Outbreak of War: From the Point of View of a Scots Guard

I was in Hyde Park on the Saturday afternoon and watched the first German aircraft fly over to bomb the...

The Handy Andy

Although we lived within a mile or two, of important military targets - the Caterham Guards Barracks and...

Bad and Good! Childhood Memories of Wartime Croydon

In those days we kids who lived in Croydon did not consider ourselves to be Londoners, since Trafalgar...

I Was a Teenager During the Second World War

8 May 1945: VE Day Mickie and I went with 'The China Boys' a local Wallington band to Battersea...

My Path to a Battle: Childhood Memories of RAF Kenley

In fact it started a few days after Charles landed at Croydon, for with estimates running at over 100,000...

WW2- I Remember It Well

One night the Margarine factory at Mitcham was hit and although I don't recall many casualties, our...

Some Experiences of World War 2

When the German bombing raids started on London, we soon got into a routine of going down there when the...

Did I Catch a Spy?

It was a lovely day and the window was wide open and this person announced in an impeccable County accent...

Dorothy Collis Part 6

Our men of the Fourteenth army, often called the Forgotten army, were still in the midst of war, suffering...

White Stars and Stripes

It all seemed a real eye-opener for their brothers were daily flying in large formations of bombers to...

MY STORY…MY WAR

During 1939/41 I was sent to live in four different ‘family’ homes before ending up in a...

My Wartime Recollections

The complete town had been flattened by the German bombs, half of the station was missing and one could see...

My Wartime Experience: Childhood Memories of Epsom

My youngest brother and I, being the youngest, were promptly put under the table — it was a large oak...

Memories of a very young lad: In Farnham

I had learned to identify British fighters, bombers and gliders, and the difference in sound between...

Night Raids

German night raids over our cities were known as the ‘Blitz’ from the German Blitzkrieg used in...

Memories of a Sutton Girl [Mrs.Park]

1939 I was born in Sutton in Surrey saw a lot of the bombing in the docks, My father had his own...

Another Unforgettable Moment

Then sure enough, Henry heard a familiar sound from overhead and he looked up to the sky where, in the few...

“All hell let loose” at RAF Station Kenley August 1940

Alighting at Whyteleafe railway station, wearing full kit and carrying our gas masks, tin hats and kitbags,...