Ernest 'Jim' Cannings
Father was in France, went over on D-Day +1 but was grounded in Channel so actually arrived D-Day +8. Was an accountant in the Quartermasters for the Royal Artillery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment. Sent home cards from Europe (possibly Netherlands) to Iris including birthday and Christmas cards. Iris was evacuated to Buckinghamshire during the war which felt very far away. Remembers the 1st night of the Blitz (lived in Clapham Common), running through streets and being stopped by a policeman due to an unexploded bomb. Local homes were bombed and people killed. Her mother looked after children who ha... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Air Raid / Armed Forces / Army / Artillery / Blitz / Bomb / Bombed / Bombing / Bombing raids / Bombs / Britain / British / British Army / Child / Childhood / Children / Civilian / Civilians / Clothes / Clothing / D-Day / Dress / Dutch / England / English / Europe / European / France / French / Holland / Home Front / Military / Netherlands / North West Europe / Royal / Royal Artillery / The Netherlands / UK / United Kingdom |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29450665 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25934683.v1 |
Father was in France, went over on D-Day +1 but was grounded in Channel so actually arrived D-Day +8. Was an accountant in the Quartermasters for the Royal Artillery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment. Sent home cards from Europe (possibly Netherlands) to Iris including birthday and Christmas cards. Iris was evacuated to Buckinghamshire during the war which felt very far away. Remembers the 1st night of the Blitz (lived in Clapham Common), running through streets and being stopped by a policeman due to an unexploded bomb. Local homes were bombed and people killed. Her mother looked after children who had been bombed out. Iris did a lot of dancing during the war. Has a dress (Can-can) made out of black-out material).