Extensive sources have been reviewed and analysed to piece together for the first time a detailed academic study of civilian evacuation to Devon viewed against the national backdrop. The primary focus of this thesis is the large number of unaccompanied children who were officially evacuated to the County under the auspices of the Government Evacuation Scheme during the Second World War. However, Chapter Six discusses the evacuation of mothers and accompanying children, unofficial (private) evacuees and private school parties. The majority of evacuated children arriving in Devon originated from the London area and southeastern counties. In addition large numbers of children were also evacuated to the County from Bristol and within the C...
Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? ...
World War II had a profound, but uneven, impact on the delivery of services designed to support the ...
This article examines the experience of, outcomes of, and lessons drawn from the evacuation of Scott...
Extensive sources have been reviewed and analysed to piece together for the first time a detailed ac...
In the period between the First and Second World Wars evacuation came to be seen as a military nece...
In the period between the First and Second World Wars evacuation came to be seen as a military nece...
In response to the threat that Hitler would try to invade Britain, British parents sought a course o...
The intention of this thesis is to study the impact of the evacuations of 1939 - 1940 upon the educa...
Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? ...
In the advent of air raids, the authorities in London and Berlin operated schemes for the evacuation...
In the advent of air raids, the authorities in London and Berlin operated schemes for the\ud evacuat...
The Second World War was the first time Britain faced the prospect of heavy aerial bombardment threa...
The experiences of children during World War Two have attracted considerable attention, both scholar...
This paper studies the evacuations of schoolchildren in Great Britain during the Second World War an...
There has recently been much debate about social policy in Britain during the Second World War. This...
Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? ...
World War II had a profound, but uneven, impact on the delivery of services designed to support the ...
This article examines the experience of, outcomes of, and lessons drawn from the evacuation of Scott...
Extensive sources have been reviewed and analysed to piece together for the first time a detailed ac...
In the period between the First and Second World Wars evacuation came to be seen as a military nece...
In the period between the First and Second World Wars evacuation came to be seen as a military nece...
In response to the threat that Hitler would try to invade Britain, British parents sought a course o...
The intention of this thesis is to study the impact of the evacuations of 1939 - 1940 upon the educa...
Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? ...
In the advent of air raids, the authorities in London and Berlin operated schemes for the evacuation...
In the advent of air raids, the authorities in London and Berlin operated schemes for the\ud evacuat...
The Second World War was the first time Britain faced the prospect of heavy aerial bombardment threa...
The experiences of children during World War Two have attracted considerable attention, both scholar...
This paper studies the evacuations of schoolchildren in Great Britain during the Second World War an...
There has recently been much debate about social policy in Britain during the Second World War. This...
Was the evacuation program for British children during the Second World War a success or a failure? ...
World War II had a profound, but uneven, impact on the delivery of services designed to support the ...
This article examines the experience of, outcomes of, and lessons drawn from the evacuation of Scott...