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Women and children internees from Surabaya boarding HMS Bulolo, bound for Singapore. Circa 1942
Evacuated children in St Ives present Miss Hunt with gifts on her birthday during the Second World War. May 1945
Peter and Lionel Holland, now lodging with Mrs Lang of Yelverton Road, Anfield, Liverpool. Their father is a London fireman
A happy little troupe of London children running to their special classroom in Oxford. Most of them have been away from the danger of London for four years
Sisters of Mercy looking after the homeless children of the East End of London. 16th October 1940
Evacuees during the Second World War. November 1940
A general scene in the main street in the village of Strete, Devon. Villagers are talking about the evacuation that will affect the whole area. November 1943
Evacuees having a picnic under the cedar trees in the gardens of a church in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire. August 1944
Mothers and fathers at the Welcome Club with their children. The club was formerly Christ Church Weymouth. December 1939
A woman tucking two children into bed, Salisbury Cathedral. Young children and mothers seek refuge from the bombed areas during World War Two. 24th November 1940
Private Amerelli says goodbye to his son, aged five, he is off to fight and mother (behind) is off to work. St Pancras Station, London. 19th November 1942
Headmaster of St Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace Road, giving children last minute instructions for tomorrows evacuation. 3rd September 1939
Evacuees at a farewell party, playing a game of "Blind Mans Bluff"Evacuees at a farewell party, playing a game of " Blind Mans Bluff". 14th May 1945
Birmingham children, most of whom have fathers in the Services and mothers in munitions factories - helping to entertain Buzz Bomb evacuees who had the first quiet weekend they have had for weeks
Evacuee children repairing shoes. 7th May 1940
54 boys of the Guernsey State Intermediate School who were evacuated to Oldham in June 1940 today left London Road Station, Manchester of the first part of their journey home
Children evacuated from Rochester to a camp in Wrens Wood, Ashdown Forest, have found their own band, of various instruments. There, amid the pines they have school, and play time is in the open air
Nineteen children living with their mothers under one roof. Pictured, Jean and Joan, two of Mrs Hainings ten children giving a hand with the washing up, while some of the nineteen children
Watched over by their new step mother in Brighton, Sussex, - these children evacuated from Hayter Road in Brixton, London say grace before enjoying some good home cooking. Saying Grace
Evacuation to Wales. August 1940. Many thousands of people, along with vital institutions and priceless historical objects, were evacuated to Wales for safety in the Second World War
Children evacuated from London during World War II. Circa 1939
Evacuation scenes at Euston Station, London, boarding a train to Lancashire. July 1944
Life on a Troopship bound for the Middle East. Evacuees from Crete who were taken abroad for the destination to South Africa, receiving instructions in the use of lifebelts. Circa 1940s
Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II. Four girls, evacuees who stayed with Mrs. Meyrick, Nantyglo. Circa 1940
From town to country - Boys of King Edward VI School, Birmingham, have reassembled at Repton following their evacuation. Here some of them are seen in the streets of the village 15th September 1939
Somewhere in Derbyshire - Carpentry tools, varnish and paints line the walls of the woodwork room of a school in Derbyshire, where children, evacuated from the Manchester district
As the situation in France deteriorates and the South Coast of the country become vulnerable to enemy attack and invasion. The decision was taken to evacuate the children from these areas
Pupils of Walworth Central School, making their way across the Elephant and Castle on their way to their receiving station for the great evacuation. 6th September 1939
Anxious parents scan the large crowd of pupils of the Sacred Heart School in Liverpool, desperate to catch one last glimpse of their children as they march to Edge Hill railway station for their
Teachers accompany a large crowd of pupils of a liverpool inner city school to the railway station for their evacuation at the start of the Second World War. 1st September 1939
Mrs Gwen Heads, of Kensal Rise, London, with her three boys and 2 month old baby girl, waiting for the train at Paddington. They are being evacuated to the Midlands. July 1944
The Wilson family arrive back in London after being evacuated to South Wales. 4 year old Binnie holds 5 month old Jennifer in ner arms, while 2 year old Peter looks around him. September 1944
London evacuees heading to the Wirral. July 1944
Flashback to the dark days of 1939, as Liverpool children board a bus to take them to safety. 1st September 1939
Evacuation rehearsal at St. Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace RoadEvacuation rehearsal at St.Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace Road. 4th September 1939
Group of children at a London Station ready to leave for the safety of the countryside. 6th July 1944. watscan - - 17/08/2010
Dutch children being evacuated to Coventry due to lack of food, ready to go after being labelled and given flags in Eindhoven. 9th February 1945. watscan - - 17/08/2010
Group of children at Southampton ready to leave for the safety of the countryside. 6th July 1944. watscan - - 17/08/2010
Headmaster Mr Rixon gives last minute instructions to children at St Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace Road for their evacuation the next day September 1939
Wallsend scholars of Richardson Dees school were quite happy at the prospect of living in the county as they set out for Ponteland district during the evacuation of the borough schools today
South Shields mothers and young children in cheerful mood, marching to the station for evacuation to the country. 9th September 1939
Safe and Happy - The happy faces of these Cowgate, Newcastle, children give reassurances that they are safe and enjoying their new surroundings after being evacuated
World War Two - Evacuation of children A Marshall leads the way to the buses, during todays evacuation of school children at Wallsend. 6th September 1939
World War Two - Evacuation of children Children with their mothers on their way to the station
World War Two - Evacuation of children Children of All saints School, Gateshead Station for Evacuation
Schoolchildren evacuated from the major towns walk through Wilmslow in Cheshire with their teachers during WW2 1944
Evacuee children in Isle Abbott Village surround the local postman Bertie Adams hoping for parcels and letters from their London & South Coast homes during WW2 1944
Evacuees from Great Britain arrive in South Africa. The first British boy to put foot in South African shore is shown the way by a sailor. The ship was escorted by a Royal Navy ship
