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Description: | British civilian worked as Red Cross volunteer in Yorkshire and with Military Intelligence Directive at War Office, London, 1914-1919. Life on the Beaulieu Estate, Hants, 1939-1945
REEL 1 Aspects of family and educational background. Recollections of life and work, 1914-1919: reaction to outbreak of war; hearing sound of guns on visit to Bexhill; voluntary work at Crathorne Hospital, Yorkshire; serving food to patients and staff; relations with Matron; duties; social life; move to work for Military Intelligence Directive at War Office; clerical duties; secrecy surrounding work; other staff at Directive; pay; story of watching Zeppelin attack; reaction to deaths of male friends and relatives during war..
REEL 2 Continues: memories of Armistice day; leaving Military Intelligence Directive. Recollections of life, 1939-1945: helping to find accommodation for evacuees; organising removal of small boats from Beaulieu River; food rations and supplementing rations; use of Beaulieu estate as Special Operations Executive training establishment; assisting Air Raid Precautions unit based at Beaulieu; air raid shelters; decision to evacuate three of her children to Canada; kindness of Canadians towards her children.
REEL 3 Continues: petrol rationing; food rations; transport difficulties; Red Cross activities at Beaulieu; building of bailey bridge over Beaulieu river; installation of fuel tanks at Beaulieu for D-Day; memories of American troops stationed in area; D-Day; contact with husband throughout war; end of war; story of holding children's party; preparing Palace House to billet crew of HMS Patience. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stovold, Jan R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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