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- Tags: evacuation
Pilot wins D.F.C
Middle and bottom, congratulations to Bob on his award.
Right page; top, title of the Vauxhall Mirror.
Middle, report of Bob's operational career…
Interview with Reginald John Herring
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation; shelter
Evacuation Why and How?
Interview with Geoff Brown
Geoff was born and lived in the same area of Grimsby all his life, at the date of his interview he was 93. The first part of the interview concentrated on his…
Evacuation preparation
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
West Bromwich evacuation
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Government evacuation scheme
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Letter to George Shephard Johns' grandfather
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Letter to George Shephard John's mother
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Letter from the headmaster
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Government evacuation scheme
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Government evacuation scheme
Tags: evacuation; home front
Government evacuation scheme
Tags: evacuation; home front
Letter sent by George Shephard Johns
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Postcard from George Shephard Johns
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Letter to George Shephard Johns
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Some memories of the war
Operation Polly
Margaret Dixon's account of her early life and service in the Women's' Auxiliary Air Force
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Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; entertainment; evacuation; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; military living conditions; military service conditions; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hednesford; RAF hospital Matlock; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wilmslow; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Frank Edwards
Frank talks of his evacuation to the countryside near Croxton Kerrial when he was nearly five. He was accompanied by his two brothers and initially…
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; evacuation; home front; shelter; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with Jan Albone
Their farm was close to RAF Kirton in Lindsey which was used as a rest home for men from the Battle of Britain. They worked on…
Interview with Paola Rinaldi
Tags: animal; bombing; evacuation; sanitation
Interview with Raffaella Sorsini
Tags: bombing; evacuation; shelter
Interview with Gerardo Bianchi
Tags: bombing; evacuation
Interview with Giancarlo Savino
Tags: bombing; evacuation