A Fireman's War

My dad Bill Connah was a fireman during the war. He worked at Plaistow Fire Station, near the docks. He drove the fire engine. He was a fireman from 1937. He saw some horrible sights. The Germans bombed a school in 1943 and outside were children waiting to be evacuated. They were all killed. Part of my dad's job was recovering dead bodies, he didn't just put out fires.

Towards the end of the war, the Germans dropped V2 rockets and one dropped behind our house. My dad had to attend this, not knowing if his own house had been hit or not.