RMB526F4–World War Two Evacuation of children Tyneside children being evacuated in September 1939 Written in the faces of these children
RFHMBC7F–A scene at a London railway station showing troops arriving while children who are being evacuated from London leave for the reception area. Ca. 1940.
RM2M3T0N2–WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman's, Handcross, the country house of Lieutenant Colonel Messel.
RM2K1YWD2–EVACUATION TROOPS WW2 Waterloo Station London with troops arriving to go to war with Nazi Germany as children are ushered and evacuated from London leave for the reception area. On to trains evacuees away from the blitz bombing of London. Cab Road, Waterloo Station, London, England.
RM2M3NMBM–Children bearing tags on their luggage standing on the platform station. Being evacuated from London to the countryside.
RMPE45N9–Vintage British WW2 World War II Propaganda Poster A poster designed for the Ministry of Health in the latter part of 1940 to reinforce the message that children should be evacuated out of London. The background to the poster shows a ‘blitzed' street with the Union Flag flying defiantly from the rubble.
RM2M3NY7Y–London's children evacuated at the beginning of World War Two: a first wave of 400000 children went on 1st September 1939, in the charge of 22000 teachers. Here a party is seen boarding a train at a main line station in the suburbs of London, equipped with gas masks and carrying their belongings in bags and haversacks.
RMR7FEAB–1941, historical, wartime and evacuated young children from London with nurses on a driveway of a country house, England, UK.
RM2M3T0KY–WW2 - Home Front - Boy from Trinity County School, Wood Green, Middlesex picking Peas at a farm at Terling, Essex - an initiative of the Essex War Agricultural Committee, the Town Clerk of the village and the executives of Lord Rayleigh's farms.
RFB5DJ3G–Royalty free photograph of British boy evacuee in wartime standing by brick wall looking lonely with 1940s style clothes.
RMT2FATD–SECOND WORLD WAR EVACUEE SCHOOL CHILDREN from Sandhurst School line the platform at Catford, South London, in the summer of 1940. Note the barrage balloon behind them.
RM2F5D37D–British, WW2 Evacuation of Children poster appeal, Mothers Let Them Go, 1942-1945
RM2BW92WN–Evacuated children in Wye , Kent , play with kites . 1939
RM2BJ05R4–Christmas Cheer from America for bombed and evacuated London children. Children at the WVS Nursery at Hanover Lodge, Regent's Park who are waiting to be evacuated to nurseries in the country, received their Christmas gifts at a party at which Mr Bernard Carter, the American Red Cross delegate in Great Britain, acted as Father Christmas. Mr Bernard Carter with a happy little girl after she received her gift. - 20th December 1941
RM2RGABD4–The Caption is 'Gosh Mister! Are you evacuating the whole town?' It is estimated that over 200,000 were evacuated from the towns to the countryside between 1939 and the end of 1941. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour
RM2H3F3CG–A vintage photo circa February 1942 showing British children being evacuated by ship from Singapore prior to the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the fall of Singapore. British sailors and soldiers appear in the background.
RM2RGDKD9–A little girl, an evacuee in a Sussex village, runs delightedly towards her mother, who has come to visit her daughter on a coach trip from Peckham, South East London.
RMR7FEAD–1940s, historical, WW2, wartime and three uniformed staff nurses at a country house preparing activities and toys for the forthcoming arrival of evacuated city children, England, UK.
RMA9BRNK–CHILDREN ON A ROUNDABOUT in 1943 - they were evacuated from London during the war
RMB44B25–Schoolchildren evacuated from London during WW2 air raids 1939
RMDR9RKX–World War II evacuees
RMT60ED5–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. Here a group of Finnish children evacuated to Sweden and the town Haparanda. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-17 January 1940
RM2RGCBX9–Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city.
RM2RAAAPD–A little girl, an evacuee in a Sussex village, runs delightedly towards her mother, who has come to visit her daughter on a coach trip from Peckham, South East London. Date: 1939
RM2AECT8F–EVACUATION YOUNG EVACUEES WW2 'Goodbye Hitler' London- East End children evacuating at the start of the WW2 Second World War 1940's image of smiling British children being evacuated on a London Transport Bus away from Nazi Germany Blitz bombing, as part of Operation Pied Piper. Ultimately 3.5 million people were relocated as part of the World War II evacuation. Second World War
RM2M3RXPC–British man, having traveled to the country to see his evacuated family is greeted by his children and wife, during the second weekend of the war. September 1939
RM2AHB1W1–Blitz World War II WW2 Children evacuees with suitcases wearing name tag labels at Moor Street Railway Station, Birmingham, leaving for rural countryside accommodation to avoid Nazi Germany blitz bombing of British cities September, 1939. Children of the wartime evacuation, millions of British city children were evacuated to safer places during the Second World War. WW2
RFBC07FE–Carved wooden sign at Ravenscar Station, Yorkshire, United kingdom
RMP6JCTB–Kidderminster, UK. 30th June, 2018. A journey back in time begins on the Severn Valley Railway as we turn the clock back to the 1940s. Visitors and staff pull out all the stops to ensure a realistic WW2 wartime Britain is experienced on this heritage railway line. 1940s children, WWII war evacuees, can be seen sitting here together at Kidderminster vintage station awiting the next steam train.Credit: Lee Hudson/Alamy Live News
RMT61W7H–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. A young mother and her baby waiting evacuated from the city. January 1940. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-12
RM2F5D2P0–British, WW2 Evacuation of Children poster appeal, Help the City Children - Making a New Home for Evacuees is a National Service, 1942-1945
RM2BW92Y7–Evacuated children go for a ramble in Wye , Kent . 1939
RM2F4TRXM–British, WW2, Evacuation of Children poster, She's in the Ranks too!, Caring for evacuees is a national service, (Foster Carer among Soldiers), 1942-1945
RMT61WN9–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. Here local people with name tags around their necks ready to be evacuated on the Karelian Isthmus. December 1939. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-14
RM2A3MRWH–British, WW2, Evacuation of Children poster, She's in the Ranks too!, Caring for evacuees is a national service, (foster carer figure among soldiers), 1939-1946
RMT60ED0–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. A young mother and her baby waiting at the train station in Helsinki to be evacuated from the city. January 1940. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-13
RMJG9M7M–1940s, England, wartime, picture shows the exterior of Stanstead Hall, home of Lady Butler (Sydney Courtauld) wife of Rab Butler, Conservative politiican and minister, two nurses walk a pram in the driveway with evacuated children from Hampstead garden Suburbs, London.
RMT60ED6–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. Here at Karelian Isthmus Finland Finnish civilians evacuated from the frontline. A young girl holding her little brother in her arms. December 1939. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-20
RMB4K92T–Schoolchildren and their teachers waiting at Hammersmith Station London to be evacuated to the country during WW2
RM2K8R36P–Scotland 1945. Norwegian refugees in the UK. The civilian population evacuated from Sørøya in Finnmark to a camp in a Scottish harbor near Glasgow. King Haakon visits the camp and talks to adults and children. WW2 - Scotland. King Haakon VII visiting a camp for refugees from Finnmark.
RMEJNFMP–Dutch children being evacuated to Coventry due to lack of food, ready to go after being labelled and given flags in Eindhoven. 9th February 1945. *** Local Caption *** watscan - - 17/08/2010
RMRTH06X–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Finnish children in Helsinki who has been evacuated from the Karelian isthmus, playing with a toy. Januari 1940 Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-19.
RMB4K90P–Schoolchildren being evacuated from London 1940 WW2
RMARNYK1–Goodnight Children Everywhere Wartime English music sheet cover with a tender thought to all evacuated children
RM2M3RXRE–A group of evacuated children are greeted by a smiling woman and man and given their kit bags upon arrival at their countryside destination. September 1939
RM2JD6JYR–Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city. Colourised version of: 10949676 Date: circa 1941
RM2M3K8GR–A group of children from Sherborne Nursery School in Kentish Town, London, at Euston Station being evacuated at the beginning of World War Two.
RMT730B0–Monochrome view of Severn Valley Railway, 1940's WWII event, Kidderminster vintage railway station: children sat waiting as evacuees.
RM2M3RRXY–London babies find peace in the country: a nurse walks evacuated children in gas masks across a playground, to accustom them to the wearing of gas masks. LCC Residential School near Windsor. Date: 1941
RM2RDGTAD–Yeovil, England: December 3, 1939 Children who were evacuated from London during WWII excitedly greet the Southern Railway Evacuation Special train as it pullls in with their parents and relatives for a visit.
RM2BW92WP–Evacuated children go for a ramble in Wye , Kent . 1939
RM2M3RXR8–A father in the middle of his two children with backpacks and gas masks photographed from behind as he takes them to be evacuated.. Rather than focusing on the themes of loss and separation, the Sphere captions this photograph; "off to the great adventure". September 1939
RM2AG0HMK–'Evacuee Play Centre', c1943. Evacuated children at a nursery during the Second World War. From "Women's Institutes', by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]
RM2M3NT63–The Queen Mother(1900-2002) with evacuated children from Battersea. A little four year old girl called Shirely here is playing "mothers", and responds enthusiastically to the Queen Mother's suggestion that she doesn't forget to wash the doll behind the ears. Date: 1939
RM2P91CJF–Polish children of Pahiatua memorial plaque on memorial wall on Waterfront Walk, Wellington, New Zealand. Wartime Polish refugees settled in NZ
RMJG9M9Y–1940, England, Essex, group of nurses and chrome wheeled prams in the grounds of Stanstead Hall, home of Sydney Courtauld, Lady Butler, with infant children evacuated from Wellgarth infant school, Hamptead Garden Suburbs after it was destroyed by a land mine.
RM2M3RXPE–A woman helps children through a 'kissing gate' in Somerset evacuated from south Blackfriars in London . A boy named 'Charlie' in the foreground is the first through and holds a bouquet of flowers. The group represents thousands of British children evacuated from major cities as a precaution against air raids in the first weeks of September, following the outbreak of war. September 1939
RMPYDMF8–Child evacuees at the We'll Meet Again WW2 Museum, Freiston, Freiston Shore, Lincolnshire, England, UK
RMRJB69J–Ministry of Health leaflet, To Parents, WW2
RMGC22K2–TV presenter Michael Aspel, who was an evacuee at St Paul's Cathedral for a service commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first children to be evacuated during the Second World War.
RMDRDK58–Don't do it, mother..
RMB3P51B–Evacuated children leave with their cases from their Leicestershire home as they head for London from where they were evacuated
RMG3C3BA–Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city. Date: circa 1941
RM2JJ1C4E–A vintage photo circa February 1942 showing a British woman evacuee with baby at Ipoh railway station during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the fall of Singapore.
RM2M3RXTK–Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war. September 1939
RME1CW29–British colonial women and children evacuated from Singapore shortly before the Japanese invasion. World War 2, Jan.-Feb. 1942.
RMP6JCW5–Kidderminster, UK. 30th June, 2018. A journey back in time begins on the Severn Valley Railway as we turn the clock back to the 1940s. Visitors and staff pull out all the stops to ensure a realistic WW2 wartime Britain is experienced on this heritage railway line. 1940s children, WWII war evacuees, can be seen sitting here together at Kidderminster vintage station awiting the next steam train.Credit: Lee Hudson/Alamy Live News
RM2M3RJTN–Exhausted evacuees arriving in England after a 20 hour journey from the Channel Islands following German occupation of the islands. A large number of islanders were evacuated in cargo boats and paddle steamers to ports in the south west. Date: 1940
RMEG6N1Y–A boy pulls, as his mother pushes, a cart loaded with their possessions in Uerdingen, Germany. U.S. Army evacuated civilians
RM2BW92XW–Evacuated children in Wye , Kent , running down a country road . 1939
RM2M3NY78–In September 1940 the SS City of Benares, of the Ellerman Lines, was being used as an evacuation ship under the scheme of the Children's Overseas Reception Board to evacuate children to Canada in World War Two. The ship was part of a convoy and was carrying 90 child evacuees among her passengers. On 18th September 1940, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-48. 77 of the children died along with 183 other people, and the sinking resulted in the cancellation of the CORB plan to evacuate British children abroad. This photograph shows four of the children who survived: (from l to r)
RM2J3H7MC–'School Dinner for Evacuated Children', 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees are fed. From "Women's Institutes', by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]
RF2CH0MKD–Suitcases from evacuated children during world war two in England, UK
RFB5D9MX–Royalty free photograph of British boy evacuee in wartime standing by brick wall looking lonely with 1940s style clothes.
RMJG9M7W–1940, England, Essex, group of nurses and chrome wheeled prams in the grounds of Stanstead Hall, home of Sydney Courtauld, Lady Butler, with infant children evacuated from Wellgarth infant school, Hamptead Garden Suburbs after it was destroyed by a land mine.
RMRTH0H5–The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Here at Karelian Isthmus Finland Finnish civilians evacuated from the frontline. A young mother and her child. December 1939. Photo Kristoffersson ref 98-11.
RM2T1KK0C–Evacuees From Bristol To Kingsbridge, Devon, 1940 A female doctor examines a child in the corridor of a train as they travel from Bristol to Devon. About 175 children were evacuated at this time from Bristol to the Kingsbridge area of Devon.
RM2J3NE4B–Japanese relocation, California. Members of the Shibuya family are pictured at home before evacuation. The father and the mother were born in Japan and came to this country in 1904. At that time the father had sixty dollars cash and a basket of clothes. He later built a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums, which he shipped to Eastern markets under his own name. Six children in the family were born in the United States. The four older children attended leading California universities. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in the War Relocation Authority cent
RMGC22K6–TV presenter Michael Aspel, who was an evacuee at St Paul's Cathedral for a service commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first children to be evacuated during the Second World War.
RMEG6MXM–A boy pulls, as his mother pushes, a cart loaded with their possessions in Uerdingen, Germany. U.S. Army evacuated civilians
RMB448NN–World War Two Children wait to be evacuated from a Scottish town to avoid air raids
RMDR9RM7–World War II evacuees
RMC739EM–Baby eating bread in vintage Pram
RMP6JCW3–Kidderminster, UK. 30th June, 2018. A journey back in time begins on the Severn Valley Railway as we turn the clock back to the 1940s. Visitors and staff pull out all the stops to ensure a realistic WW2 wartime Britain is experienced on this heritage railway line. 1940s children, WWII war evacuees, can be seen sitting here together at Kidderminster vintage station awaiting the next steam train. Credit: Lee Hudson/Alamy Live News
RMKWB703–A boy pulls, as his mother pushes, a cart loaded with their possessions in Uerdingen, Germany. U.S. Army evacuated civilians from the city on the West bank of the Rhine on March 19, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 85)
RM2BW92Y9–Evacuated children in Wye , Kent , walking down a country road . 1939
RM2J3H42F–'Evacuated Children with their Teacher', 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees in the countryside. From "Women's Institutes', by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]
RF2CH0MMW–Suitcases from evacuated children during world war two in England, UK
RFB5D9WW–Royalty free photograph of British lady with girl housekeeper and boy evacuee outside the family house.
RMJG9M9M–1940, England, Essex, group of nurses and chrome wheeled prams in the grounds of Stanstead Hall, home of Sydney Courtauld, Lady Butler, with infant children evacuated from Wellgarth infant school, Hamptead Garden Suburbs after it was destroyed by a land mine.
RM2T1KK2B–Evacuees From Bristol To Kingsbridge, Devon, 1940 Policemen and billeting officers help a group of children, evacuated from Bristol, to board a bus at Kingsbridge, Devon, which will take them to their final destination. Each child carries some kind of bag, suitcase or bundle, and they all have their gas masks with them.
RM2JG7J73–Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif. Photo shows five smiling women.
RMGC22YD–A photo of Edna and John Cooper from Finsbury Park is held by Edna as she arrives at St Paul's Cathedral for a service commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first children to be evacuated during the Second World War.
RMKWB8F5–A boy pulls, as his mother pushes, a cart loaded with their possessions in Uerdingen, Germany. U.S. Army evacuated civilians from the city on the West bank of the Rhine on March 19, 1945. World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 8 85)
RMB5E3F5–Washing tournament for the evacuated children of Bristol. ;They went through the blitz of Bristol - but they can still tackle a
RMDR9RKT–World War II evacuees
RMDR9RM1–World War II evacuees
RMT730AB–Severn Valley Railway, 1940's wartime event, Kidderminster vintage railway station. Boys & girls (evacuees) in 1940's dress sitting on bench waiting.
RMDR9RMF–World War II evacuees
RM2BW92WY–Evacuated children in Wye , Kent , walking down a country road . 1939
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