posted on 2024-06-05, 16:09authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
These are two separate diaries written in 1940 by my maternal grandfather, Peter Vail (1925-2006), while he was evacuated to Ashbourne, Derbyshire from his home in Leigh-on-sea, Essex.
History
Item list and details
Two diaries from 1940
Person the story/items relate to
Peter Ernest Lindsay Vail
Person who shared the story/items
Sara Marsh
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
Maternal grandfather
Type of submission
Shared online as part of the SOS: Save Our Stories campaign.
School
St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex