Britain S Wartime Evacuees

Author : Gillian Mawson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848324435

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Britain's Wartime Evacuees by Gillian Mawson Pdf

With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated from the British cities thought most likely to be the targets of aerial bombing. The fear of invasion the following year resulted in another mass evacuation from the coastal towns.Hundreds of thousands of school children, and mothers with babies and infants, were removed from their homes and families, and sent to live with strangers in distant rural areas and to entirely unfamiliar environments. Some children were also sent to countries of the Commonwealth, such as Canada and Australia. The evacuations had an enormous impact upon millions of individuals, both those that were evacuated and those that had to accommodate and care for the displaced multitude.Over the course of eight years research Gillian Mawson has interviewed hundreds of evacuees from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Families have also allowed her access to the testimony of those who have passed away. Coupled with the extensive newspaper coverage of the day and official documents Britains Wartime Evacuees provides not just a comprehensive study of the evacuations, but also relates some of the most moving and emotive stories of the Second World War.

Author : Gillian Mawson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752490939

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Guernsey Evacuees by Gillian Mawson Pdf

In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The Channel Islands were occupied on 30 June - the only part of British territory that was occupied by Nazi forces during the Second World War. Most evacuees were transported to smoky industrial towns in Northern England - an environment so very different to their rural island. For five years they made new lives in towns where the local accent was often confusing, but for most, the generosity shown to them was astounding. They received assistance from Canada and the USA - one Guernsey school was 'sponsored' by wealthy Americans such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hollywood stars. From May 1945, the evacuees began to return home, although many decided to remain in England. Wartime bonds were forged between Guernsey and Northern England that were so strong, they still exist today.

Author : Julie Summers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847377340

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When the Children Came Home by Julie Summers Pdf

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during WWII and the families they left behind On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper bgan to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. 1.5 million children, pregnant women and schoolteachers were evacuated in 3 days. A further 2 million children were evacuated privately; the largest mass evacuation of children in British history. Some children went abroad, others were sent to institutions, but the majority were billeted with foster families. Some were away for weeks or months, others for years. Homecoming was not always easy and a few described it as more difficult than going away in the first place. In When the Children Came Home Julie Summers tells us what happened when these children returned to their families. She looks at the different waves of British evacuation during WWII and explores how they coped both in the immediate aftermath of the war, and in later life. For some it was a wonderful experience that enriched their whole lives, for others it cast a long shadow, for a few it changed things for ever. Using interviews, written accounts and memoirs, When the Children Came Homeweaves together a collection of personal stories to create a warm and compelling portrait of wartime Britain from the children's perspective.

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:1280856538

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Evacuees by Mike Brown Pdf

Author : Gillian Mawson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473849327

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Evacuees by Gillian Mawson Pdf

This oral history shares firsthand accounts of Britain’s child evacuees who were sent to live away from home at the outbreak of WWII. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain initiated Operation Pied Piper, evacuating more than three million civilians out of areas considered prime targets for bombing. It was the largest ever transportation of people across Britain, and most of those moved to safety in the countryside were schoolchildren. Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees. This book includes personal memories from more than 100 child evacuees, as well as their teachers and foster parents. Told in their own words, these accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years. While many enjoyed life in the countryside, some escaping inner-city poverty, others endured ill-treatment and homesickness.

Author : Carlton Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000460452

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Who Will Take Our Children? by Carlton Jackson Pdf

This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of the Children’s Overseas Reception Board and the Mass Observation Archive.

Author : Carlton Jackson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786437856

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Who Will Take Our Children? by Carlton Jackson Pdf

The evacuation of British children before and during World War II transformed the country forever and vastly altered the lives of thousands of English children and their families. The government geared up as early as 1938 for the war it strongly suspected was ahead, organizing the monumental task of sending more than four million people--mostly children--first to the relative "safety" of the British countryside and then to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and elsewhere. This is a revised edition of the book published in 1985 as Who Will Take Our Children? The Story of the Evacuation in Britain, 1939-1945. It incorporates substantial new information and first-person accounts from former evacuees and others involved in the wartime relocation effort.

Author : Jessica Mann
Publisher : Headline
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472220745

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Out of Harm's Way by Jessica Mann Pdf

In June 1940 Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their children abroad to safety. Thousands left for America, Canada, Australia and other distant countries. In this revealing new book, Jessica Mann, herself a wartime evacuee, looks at the experiences of those who were sent away to a foreign land including their dangerous journeys across U-boat-ridden oceans, and asks how they coped with being away, and also how they found life back in the UK on their return. Drawing on extensive original research and memories of many former evacuees, including Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Williams, Jessica Mann builds up a moving portrait of a lost generation.

Author : Travis L. Crosby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000458435

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The Impact of Civilian Evacuation in the Second World War by Travis L. Crosby Pdf

This book, first published in 1986, examines the wartime evacuation of children in Britain from their homes in cities to safety in the countryside. It analyses the social impact of the separation on parents and children, and teases out of the official records the origins and assumptions of evacuation planning. It examines the aims, implementation and evolution of the evacuation policy, its success or failure and its effect upon post-war social planning in Britain.

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752495729

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Evacuees by Mike Brown Pdf

As the last days of peace ebbed away in 1939 and the outbreak of the Second World War appeared inevitable, a massive exodus took place in Britain: nearly two million civilians, most of them children, were taken from the cities, industrial towns and ports to the relative safety of the British countryside. For many of these bewildered children this was the first time away from their families or even their own home town. But for overseas British nationals evacuacted to the mother country from the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, the shock of the upheaval was great indeed. Carrying pitifully few belongings, they had no idea where they were being sent - for many it was the beginning of a great adventure, for some a nightmare. Mike Brown combines factual narrative with contemporary eyewitness accounts and oral history extracts to investigate the phenomenon of evacuation in Britain during the Second World War. Illustrated with a variety of contemporary photographs and ephemera, Evacuees provides a fascinating, amusing and sometimes disturbing glimpse of how children and adults coped with the trials and tribulations of evacuation. It will appeal to anyone who is interested in reading about life on the Home Front during the Second World War, and especially to anyone who was an evacuee.

Author : Sue Wheatcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784991198

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Worth Saving by Sue Wheatcroft Pdf

The first detailed study on the experiences of disabled children during the Second World War.

Author : Julie Summers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 1445858460

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When the Children Came Home by Julie Summers Pdf

On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper began. Its aim was to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. One-and-a-half million children, pregnant women and school teachers were evacuated in two days. A further two million children were evacuated privately, making it the largest mass evacuation of children in British history. Somne children went abroad, others were sent to hostels or institutions, most were billeted with foster families. Some were away for weeks, others for years. Julie Summers tells the story of what happened when these children returned to their families. For some it was a wonderful experienced that enriched their whole lives, for others it cast a long shadow, for a few it changed things for ever. [This book] weaves together a collection of personal stories to create a ... portrait of wartime Britain from the children's perspective."--Back cover.

Author : Michael Henderson
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1448923867

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See You After the Duration by Michael Henderson Pdf

Why would British parents risk sending their children to safety over submarine-infested waters? How would American and Canadian families and public respond to them? What adventures would the children experience and what would be the long-term effect on their lives and on attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic? This book sheds light on an aspect of World War II that is little known on either side of the Atlantic. It is a tale that is at times moving, often humorous, evoking an authentic picture of life and attitudes sixty years ago. It is a saga of separation, a story of unashamed patriotism, and an important and very readable contribution to the literature of World War II. Innumerable volumes have been written about the transatlantic relationship, but here is a book that goes to its heart, the unbreakable emotional bonds that stretch across a vast ocean. Neither sentimental nor mawkish, Michael Henderson has captured the essence of this enduring, moving, wartime saga. Raymond Seitz, US Ambassador to Britain 1991-1994. Those of my generation, born towards the end of the war, are often haunted by the thought of what might have happened had we been just a little older. Michael Henderson tells us in a fascinating narrative, filled with adventure, drama and sadness of children taken from their parents to a foreign land for their own safety. One of the things I liked most about this book is the light it casts on some of the nooks and crannies of war-time North American life. Sir Christopher Meyer, UK Ambassador to the US 1997-2003

Author : R. Kennedy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137319357

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The Children's War by R. Kennedy Pdf

British children were mobilised for total war in 1914-18. It dominated their school experience and they enjoyed it as a source of entertainment. Their support was believed to be vital for Britain's present and future but their participation was motivated by a desire to remain connected to their absent fathers and brothers.

Author : Geoffrey Iley
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782795032

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A Schoolboy's Wartime Letters by Geoffrey Iley Pdf

This funny, fascinating journal follows the development of a boy and his changing attitudes during WW II from its outbreak in September 1939 to victory in the summer of 1945. It is a memoir based on the original letters — around a hundred and ninety in total — written by the author to his parents and carefully preserved over the years. There are also several contemporary photographs. He was an only child and full of his own selfish needs, vanity, hypochondria, prejudices and unquestioning patriotism. The letters carry strong echoes of ‘Just William’ and ‘Adrian Mole’ — 'Health and Safety' was nowhere in sight! There is also a wealth of information about childhood games, hobbies, mock battles, sport, school life and wartime concerns.