UK newspapers are remembering the evacuation of nearly 1.5 million people, over half school children, from vulnerable (evacuation) areas, notably London, 70 years ago. The evacuation strated on 1 September, even before WWII was declared. Neil Storey has a nice article in the September issue of Family Tree magazine. There are web resources here, here.
Although Canadians were not directly involved I know of one, and it seems likely that many more children who were evacuated were subsequently evacuated to Canada.
John, Before I reached the age of five I was evacuated from Newcastle upon Tyne to Berwick. For six months I was billeted with a family which I did not know, and I didn't see my parents or younger sister throughout this time. Do you or any of your readers know of any records kept about the evacuations ?
ReplyDeleteIan White (in Ottawa since 1967).