54830: Memories of an "All Clear Boy" of G Division Metropolitan Police

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posted on 2024-02-23, 18:15 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

When the First World War started, during the initial air raid that we experienced, we took cover in the church hall. My sister played the piano. Up to day tunes to cheer people up but the minister wanted her to play hymns. The next raid we took shelter in

This transcription relates to notes left to me by my grandfather, Stanley George Bird (1904-1998). These were written in the 1990s. I have the photograph which he refers to in the story.

History

Identifier

5706.txt| GWA_3974_Memories_of_an__All_Clear__Boy__of_G_Division_Metropolitan_Police.txt|

Creator

Bird, Stanley George

Date

1914 - 1920

Date Created

01/07/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/07/1917

Source

Unknown

Medium

Text: Memoir

Type

Memoir

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Clive Temple | Stanley George Bird

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford