Fred Baxter (1908-1997): War and Memory Post-War
As mentioned previously, so much of Fred’s memoir is spent reliving his experiences of both World War I and II, but in …
Fred Baxter (1908-1997): War and Memory WW1 & WW2
“Rationing was drastic. We used to get bread, cheese and margarine official vouchers.” (p.10) Compared to other authors in this collection, Fred’s …
Letitia Simpson (1926-2012): War and Memory
This memoir goes through only the Second World War in comparison to the other memoirs from the Burnett collection which go through …
John Sawyer (b. 1914) : War and Memory (Part 1)
‘My very early years were spent in Beeston, four miles from Nottingham, and commenced in 1914 – as though the Great War …
John Sawyer (b. 1914) : War and Memory (Part 2)
John writes about the ‘incidents’, as he refers to them, that he encountered daily during the war, especially when he moved to …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Purpose and Audience
The audience that Molly Keen is aiming her childhood memoir at is unclear, as she appears to simply list many of the …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): War & Memory
‘I have lived through most of the twentieth century – an age of conflict and propaganda in which I have strived to …
Margaret Watson b.1907: War and Memory
Margaret Watson’s memoir spans the duration of two world wars. Born in 1907, when the first world war broke out in 1914, …
Mary Denison (1906 – 1997): War and Memory.
‘What did you know about the Great War, as it was called – the background to four of your childhood years?’ (63) …
War and Memory
“It must have been the opening phase of the 1914-18 war that the village was shocked by…“ When reading the memoirs of …