Evacuation

When war began, the government was sure that the Germans would bomb the big cities ans they wanted protect as many people as they could, especially children.  They organised evacuation of these people to areas away from cities. sometimes a long way away.

The main people to be evacuated were children under the age of 14, but some mothers with young children also were evacuated as it is very hard to look after babies or toddlers if you are not the mother.  They mainly went to the countryside, so that children from Birmingham went to Worcestershire and Warwickshire, for example.

What was it like to be evacuated?

Children had very different experiences when they were evacuated,  Some went to kind families, but others found it very difficult and were treated very badly.

Stories from evacuees

Stories of different evacuees