Archive List > Diaries > Wilfred (Pip) Hill's Diary 1940/1941 Passing Out - Padgate December 1940 Wilfred Hill was known to his family and friends as Pip (from the children’s cartoon ‘Pip, Squeak and ...
I was 16 when the war started and was serving my time as a painter and decorator. I wanted to join the Air Force and become a pilot. Time went on and air raids became a very regular thing: houses were ...
I JOINED THE TA in March 1939 because I could see that war was coming. I was in an anti-aircraft unit based initially just outside Grimsby where I lived at the time. In August 1939, I was called up ...