Two nurses each pump the bellows of a baby gas respirator in order to supply the child wearing the mask with air, during a gas drill at a London hospital, 1940.
'We didn't know where we belonged.' Millions of Second World War evacuees found being wrenched from their families traumatic. But for some it was a wonderful adventure...
A man and woman play table tennis in their 'refuge room', using their Morrison shelter as the table. A net has been stretched across the centre of the top of the shelter. Another man can be seen in the foreground, sitting on a sofa reading a newspaper.
A general view of children seated at tables in the dining hall at Marchant's Hill School, Hindhead. The hall, like the other buildings on the site, is a large wooden hut.
Original wartime caption: For story see CH.15913 Picture issued 1945 shows - A Dutch boy in cabots looking out of the R.A.F. transport Command Dakota after it had landed at Croydon this afternoon.
A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary lean on a gate to take in the fresh air of Totnes, South Devon, 1941. Left to right they are: Ted Hickson from Kennington, Leslie Hale from Gravesend, Fred King from Fulham and Albert Elcombe from Gravesend.
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Lieutenant G White, RNR, who acted as "foster father" to the boy evacuees on the trip, with some of his large "family". In front of him is Charles Laing, whose elder brother won a DSC while serving in a similar escort carrier.
Women treat a young child who has a sore throat in the first aid room at Archway Central Hall, north London, 1940. The hall was converted for use as a communal air raid shelter.
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WWII Evacuee Outfit for Kids / Girls - dress up for the history class trip.
This month my son had a field trip to the museum in Swindon where they would be learning more about the children in WWII. They had been studying in school about the evacuees from London who were sent to the countryside for safety. The parents were asked to dress our kids up as WWII evacuees... Read More »
Evacuee Girl in Blue Coat © Jim Naughten
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