The Civilian Evacuation Scheme in Britain During the Second World War

ID: 429 ~ Source: "[The Civilian Evacuation Scheme in Britain During the Second World War.]" Image. From Imperial War Museums: Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205020933 (accessed July 11, 2018). ~ Date: 1939-1945
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Children from the East of London carrying their belongings and gas masks as they are evacuated from the city.

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By Alan Davies
"Once the bombings started seriously—and that was in June of 1940—that’s when the government said, 'you should evacuate your children.' And most families complied. There were a, well a few wealthier families went away to—as a family…