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

Item

Title

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

Description

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

Identifier

5706.txt
GWA_3974_Memories_of_an__All_Clear__Boy__of_G_Division_Metropolitan_Police.txt

Creator

Bird, Stanley George

Abstract

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.

Date

1914 - 1920

Date Created

1917-07-01

Temporal Coverage

1917-07-31

Source

Unknown

Medium

Text: Memoir

Type

Memoir

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Clive Temple
Stanley George Bird

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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