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Interview with Reginald John Herring
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Reg Herring was living in London with his father and elder brother at the start of the war. His father built a shelter that collapsed after a heavy rainfall. Reg was evacuated to Sizewell and then to near Birmingham. After the war Reg returned to…
Ted Neale's memoir
Memoirs of Ted Neale (written in a non-contemporary diary), recounting his experiences of an air raid on Woolwich, travelling to South Africa for aircrew training and taking part in bombing operations from Italy. Some anecdotes are repeated. This…
A few impressions of WW2
Describes life in the countryside during WW2: people being issued with ID cards, ration books and gas masks. Continues with descriptions of black out, bomb shelters, call up, an aircraft crash and taking in evacuees.
A girl at an entrance of an Anderson shelter
A girl standing at the entrance of an Anderson shelter.
A survivor of the Voghera bombings (informant A)
The interviewee reminisces about her wartime experiences in the Voghera countryside, at the time when her three brothers where enlisted and how difficult it was for her parents to run the farm. She remembers how she narrowly escaped an aircraft…
Air raid precautions album
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An album to contain a series of cigarette cards of national importance. Shows pictures of some of the things that the government and local authorities are working out for the protection of the general public. Includes: window protection, splinter…
Airman by car
An airman wearing greatcoat and side cap standing with foot on running board of a car registration 'GX2297' holding a newspaper, In the background a Nissen hut, to the right the entrance to a blast shelter.
Alan Rea
Three-quarter length image of an airman wearing battledress with half brevet standing in front of the entrance to a blast shelter.
Submitted with caption 'Alan Rea'.
Additional information about this item kindly provided by the donor.
Submitted with caption 'Alan Rea'.
Additional information about this item kindly provided by the donor.
Anne Doward nee Tansley
Biography of Ernest Tansley's daughter Anne. Writes of background and family. Gives service history of her father including joining, training in England and the United States and eventual posting to 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton. Writes of her memories…
Athol Saywell
Full length image of am airman wearing battledress with half brevet standing holding frozen branches in front of a frost covered bush. Blast shelter entrance behind him. Submitted with caption 'Athol Saywell'.
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Bombing of Trieste
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Account of the 6 July 1944 bombing of Trieste written by a typist of the Servola ironworks. The first part of the document details the effects of the explosions and mentions some of the impact points: the ammunition dump and the oil refinery. The…