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Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

Index Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to protect people, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk. [1]

115 relations: A Tale of Time City, Aerial bombing of cities, Australia, Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Battle of Britain, BBC, BBC Online, Bedford, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Belfast, Ben Wicks, Billet, Blackout/All Clear, British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War, British Empire, C. S. Lewis, Canada, Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carrie's War, Children's Overseas Reception Board, Connie Willis, Dartmoor, Department of Health and Social Care, Diana Wynne Jones, Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940, Evacuations of children in Germany during World War II, Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II, Evelyn Waugh, Evesham, Ewhurst, Surrey, Ffestiniog, Forced displacement, George VI, George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, German occupation of the Channel Islands, Gold, Goodnight Mister Tom, Harrogate, Hindlip Hall, Imperial War Museum, Isle of Man, Jessica Mann, John Thaw, Jonathan Cape, Just William (book series), Kent, Kindertransport, Kit Pearson, Kitty Barne, ..., Liverpool, London in World War II, London Paddington station, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Lord of the Flies, Madresfield Court, Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire, Manchester, Manod Mawr, Michael Bond, Michael Morpurgo, Michelle Magorian, National Camps Corporation, National Gallery, New Zealand, Newsreel, Nina Bawden, Noel Streatfeild, North Wales, Operation Sea Lion, Ottawa, Overton, Hampshire, Paddington Bear, Pam Hobbs, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Perfect Strangers (TV serial), Peter Pan, Pier 21, Post Office Ltd, Put Out More Flags, Q Camp, Random House, Return to Never Land, Richard Titmuss, Richmal Crompton, Sayers Croft, Social class, South Africa, Spetchley Park, Stephen Poliakoff, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sussex, The Blitz, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Daily Telegraph, The Grove, Watford, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Sky Is Falling (Pearson novel), The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, Thomas S. Tait, Time travel, Ton, United States, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, V-1 flying bomb, Visitors from London, Wales, War cabinet, West Midlands (region), William Golding, Winston Churchill, Wood Norton, Worcestershire, Worcester, World War I. Expand index (65 more) »

A Tale of Time City

A Tale of Time City was first published in 1987 by British author Diana Wynne Jones.

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Aerial bombing of cities

The aerial bombing of cities in warfare is an optional element of strategic bombing which became widespread during World War I. The bombing of cities grew to a vast scale in World War II, and is still practiced today.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada (or BoC) (Banque du Canada) is Canada's central bank.

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Bank of England

The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Bedford

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company in North America on December 13, 1971.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Ben Wicks

Ben Wicks, (birth name Alfred Wicks) (October 1, 1926 – September 10, 2000) was a British-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author.

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Billet

A billet is a living quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep.

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Blackout/All Clear

Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that constitute a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis.

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British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War

British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Carnegie Medal (literary award)

The Carnegie Medal is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new book for children or young adults.

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Carrie's War

Carrie's War is a 1973 British children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and following two evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick.

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Children's Overseas Reception Board

The Children's Overseas Reception Board (CORB) was a British government sponsored organisation.

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Connie Willis

Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Dartmoor

Dartmoor is a moor in southern Devon, England.

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Department of Health and Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a department of Her Majesty's Government, responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.

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Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults.

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Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940

The occupants of the Channel Islands became involved in European events of 1938–39 only as distant and worried listeners to the radio and readers of newspapers.

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Evacuations of children in Germany during World War II

The evacuation of children in Germany during the World War II was designed to save children in Nazi Germany from the risks associated with the aerial bombing of cities, by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.

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Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II

About 8.5 million Japanese civilians were displaced from their homes between 1943 and 1945 as a result of air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.

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Evelyn Waugh

Arthur Evelyn St.

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Evesham

Evesham is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, southern England with a population of 23,576, according to the 2011 census.

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Ewhurst, Surrey

Ewhurst is a rural village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England.

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Ffestiniog

Ffestiniog is a community in Gwynedd in Wales, containing several villages, in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

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Forced displacement

Forced displacement or forced immigration is the coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region and it often connotes violent coercion.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon

George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, (7 June 1877 – 13 December 1955), styled Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician from the Villiers family.

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German occupation of the Channel Islands

The German occupation of the Channel Islands lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until their liberation on 9 May 1945.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mister Tom is a children's novel by the English author Michelle Magorian, published by Kestrel in 1981.

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Harrogate

Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Hindlip Hall

Hindlip Hall is in Worcestershire.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Jessica Mann

Jessica Mann (born 1937) is a British writer.

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John Thaw

John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor.

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Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.

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Just William (book series)

The Just William series is a sequence of thirty-nine books written by English author Richmal Crompton.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kindertransport

The Kindertransport (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

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Kit Pearson

Kathleen Margaret Pearson (born April 30, 1947) is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards.

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Kitty Barne

Marion Catherine "Kitty" Barne (17 November 1882 – 3 February 1961) was a British screenwriter and author of children's books, especially on music and musical themes.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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London in World War II

As the national capital, and by far the largest city, London was central to the British war effort.

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London Paddington station

Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.

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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding.

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Madresfield Court

Madresfield Court, Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire is a country house.

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Malvern College

Malvern College is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.

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Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manod Mawr

Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion.

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Michael Bond

Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017), who wrote under the pen name Michael Bond, was a British author.

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Michael Morpurgo

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, (born Michael Andrew Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982).

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Michelle Magorian

Michelle Magorian (born 6 November 1947) is an English author of children's books.

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National Camps Corporation

The National Camps Corporation was a British government-funded non-profit organisation established under the Camps Act 1939.

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National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Newsreel

A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the late 1960s.

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Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden CBE FRSL JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012) was an English novelist and children's writer.

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Noel Streatfeild

Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE (24 December 1895 –11 September 1986), was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is an unofficial region of Wales.

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Operation Sea Lion

Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Overton, Hampshire

Overton is a large village and parish in Hampshire, England located west of the town of Basingstoke, and east of Andover and Whitchurch.

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Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature.

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Pam Hobbs

Pam Hobbs is a travel writer and author.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Perfect Strangers (TV serial)

Perfect Strangers (renamed Almost Strangers for American distribution) is a television drama first aired in 2001, produced for BBC Two.

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie.

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Pier 21

Pier 21 was an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Post Office Ltd

Post Office Ltd (Swyddfa’r Post Cyf.; Oifis a' Phuist) is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches.

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Put Out More Flags

Put Out More Flags, the sixth novel by Evelyn Waugh, was first published by Chapman and Hall in 1942.

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Q Camp

The Q Camp was an experimental community set up at Hawkspur Green, Essex, England towards the end of the Second World War.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Return to Never Land

Return to Never Land (also known as Peter Pan 2 or Peter Pan In: Return to Never Land) is a 2002 American animated musical fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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Richard Titmuss

Richard Morris Titmuss CBE, FBA (1907–1973) was a pioneering British social researcher and teacher.

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Richmal Crompton

Richmal Crompton Lamburn (15 November 1890 – 11 January 1969) was initially trained as a schoolmistress but later became a popular English writer, best known for her Just William series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books.

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Sayers Croft

Sayers Croft is a large outdoor learning centre located in the village of Ewhurst, Surrey.

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Social class

A social class is a set of subjectively defined concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Spetchley Park

Spetchley Park is a country mansion standing in 4500 acres of gardens and parkland in the hamlet of Spetchley, near Worcester, England.

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Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff, CBE, FRSL (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and scriptwriter.

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Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, in the county of Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon, north west of London, south east of Birmingham, and south west of Warwick.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Grove, Watford

The Grove is a large hotel in Hertfordshire, England, with a 300–acre (1.2 km²) private park next to the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal.

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950.

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The Sky Is Falling (Pearson novel)

The Sky is Falling is a young adult novel written by Kit Pearson in 1989.

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The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (released as The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death in some countries) is a 2014 American-British-Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Tom Harper and written by Jon Croker from a story by Susan Hill.

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Thomas S. Tait

Thomas Smith Tait (1882–1954) was a prominent Scottish modernist architect.

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Time travel

Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine.

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Ton

The ton is a unit of measure.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.

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V-1 flying bomb

The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1")—also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherrystone) or Maikäfer (maybug)—was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.

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Visitors from London

Visitors from London is a children's novel written by Kitty Barne, illustrated with 40 drawings by Ruth Gervis, published by Dent in 1940.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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War cabinet

A war cabinet is a committee formed by a government in a time of war.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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William Golding

Sir William Gerald Golding CBE (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Wood Norton, Worcestershire

Wood Norton Hall is a Grade II listed Victorian stately home to the north-west of Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

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Worcester

Worcester is a city in Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham, west-northwest of London, north of Gloucester and northeast of Hereford.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II

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