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The evacuation called Operation Pied Piper was the British government decision to relocate its children out of urban centres to locations where the risk of bombing attacks was low or non-existent
Evacuees during World War Two. 3rd September 1939
Three weeks old Raymond Ratford, the youngest evacuee, photographed with the mother. The second convoy of London evacuees
Children of St. Benedicts Road School, Small Heath during their evacuation rehearsal 28th August 1939
World War Two, evacuation of children. Written in the faces of these children, setting off to safety is a tale of fears and doubts hardly formed in their bewildered minds
Children waiting to be evacuated from Southampton 1940, to avoid the WW2 German air raids
Children from London evacuated to South Wales. October 1940
Evacuated Birmingham schoolchildren seen here cooling off with an ice cream whilst taking in the sights of Stratford of Avon. 4th September 1939
Evacuees arrive in back in London. It was good to to see a London bobby again. 4th September 1940
Evacuees from Bitterne Park School, Southampton. June 1940
Children evacuated from Lathom Road, East London during World War II. Circa 1939
A little group of Birmingham children who as a result of the evacuation, have exchanged the citys crowded streets for the peace and calm of an un-named Warwickshire village. 4th September 1939
Evacuated Birmingham schoolchildren seen here taking in the sights of Stratford of Avon. 4th September 1939
Coo they ve taken to country town life have these Bzz Bomb evacuee kids from Rainham, Essex. This cheery party was photographed walking through Wilmslow, Cheshire. July 1944
Headmaster of St Michaels Church School, Buckingham Palace Road, giving children last minute instructions for tomorrows evacuation. 3rd September 1939
A deserted village, Stokenham, Devon, England, World War Two. The US Army have taken over the village in South West England, whilst the inhabitants have been evacuated to safety
Evacuees in Southampton, Hampshire. June 1940
Scene in Church Street, at Isle Abbotts Village in Taunton. Evacuee children surround village postman Bertie Adams hoping for parcels and letters from their London and South Coast homes
Children evacuated from London during World War II. Circa 1939
Mrs Rivers walking with evacuee children at St Pancras. They are returning from Suffolk. September 1939
Scene in the queue at Paddington Station, London, for the train to Wales. July 1944
Evacuees in London. Circa 1939
Children being evacuated from East Coast areas. 2nd June 1940
Evacuation scenes at Euston Station, London, boarding a train to Lancashire. July 1944
Evacuees at a London station. Circa 1939
Evacuees in Birmingham. June 1940
Wardens with tin hats hold children hands as they walk from Moor Street Station in an evacuation exercise prior to the outbreak of WWII. 1st September 1939
Children of St. Benedicts Road School, Small Heath, listen to instructions from the head master during their evacuation rehearsal 28th August 1939
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
Evacuees during World War Two. 26th August 1939
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
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
World War Two - Evacuation of children
Evacuees bound for Canada arrives at their assembly point for registration before going on to join their ship. The practice of evacuating children overseas stopped after a liner carrying several
WW2 Children Evacuees Children carry and push along their belongings in improvised wheelbarrows as they are evacuted to the coutryside for their safety during WW2
Children of Pimlico, London who attend St Michaels Church School on Buckingham Palace Road, packing for tomorrows evacuation
Rehearsal of evacuation at St Michaels School London 1939 WW2
Schoolchildren at St Michaels Church School in Buckingham Palace Road London rehearse for a possible evacuation during WW2 1939
World War Two - Evacuation of children from the safety of the English countryside at the start of the Secopnd World War
Evacuated children leave with their cases from their Leicestershire home as they head for London from where they were evacuated during the bombing raids. June 1945
