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Feb 17, 2011 · The evacuation of Britain's cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britain's history. In the first four days of September 1939...
The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
This short guide will help you to research records of children evacuated during the Second World War. Most of the records at The National Archives that relate to evacuation are central...
The first wave of Second World War evacuees in Britain left their urban homes on the 1st of September 1939, before Britain had declared war with Germany, the fear that cities would be bombed prompted many parents to enrol their children in the voluntary scheme to remove them from danger.
Evacuees themselves were split into four categories, focused on specific social groups deemed non-essential to war work: 1) school-age children; 2) the infirm; 3) pregnant women and 4) mothers with babies or pre-school children (who would be evacuated together).
Fear that German bombing would cause civilian deaths prompted the government to evacuate children, mothers with infants and the infirm from British towns and cities during the Second World War. Evacuation took place in several waves.
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