Memories of East Meon in WWII
The Auxiliary Fire Brigade trained at the Institute during World War II. Left to Right, Teddy Butler, Bill Pink, Reg Brown, Walter Simpson, Jack Porter, Bill Knight, Herbie Goddard, Bill Nicholson
East Meon Home Guard, outside the Vicarage.
Home Guard NCOs, photographed outside what was then the vicarage.
During the time in which he lived in East Meon, Johnny Culley conducted interviews with residents of East Meon who had lived in the village during World War II, describing their memories of wartime East Meon. He then typed up his memories, and read them back to the interviewees,.
His typescript has been transcribed as a Word document, and it is attached as a PDF.
The Reverend Frederick Saunders was vicar of East Meon from 1939 – 1945. He wrote his account of the War in a separate paper, of which a transcript is attached as a PDF. (A scan of his manuscript is also attached.)
See page on Home Guard for the names of the men in the photographs.
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Jonathan Culley Place
East Meon Contributor
Jonathon Culley Copyright
Jonathon Culley Reference number
EM/0025 Accession number
2013-12-022 Storage location
Paper copies, Library T/2 Format
PDF of written report Downloads
Interviews, conducted in 1995, with East Meon residents who had lived through World War II in the village.
Memoirs of Rev Frederick Saunders, vicar of East Meon from 1941 - 1945.
Scan of the manuscript of Rev Saunders' memoir
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