On the Right is my Great Uncle who had just captured 3 Germans who were holding up in the church you can see in the backround. This image made the news...

  During ww2 in the big city's that were being bombed children were being evacuated. Anyone who wasn’t already in school went with their mother and the children who were already in school went alone or with their teachers. They travelled to the country side on trains and the government made...

The Exeter blitz was the bombing of Exeter by the German Air Force. It took place around 1.30am in the early morning of May the 4th 1942. Here are a few facts about what happened and why it happened: Exeter was targeted in 1942 for a number of reasons. It was completely undefended, and it was...

The WLA worked did a lot of different jobs on the farm such as:  threshing, ploughing, tractor driving, reclaiming land, drainage etc. The uniform they had to wear was very uncomfortable and itchy. The wage for someone in the WLA over the age of 18 was £1.12 pence a week after deductions...

  Exercise Tiger was a D-Day training exercise. Exercise Tiger took place on the beaches of Slapton Sands to simulate the landings that were to take place along the Normandy coast.  During the Training at Slapton Sands over 3000 people were evacuated in an area of 46 square...

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