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