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Portchester,
April 1944. Another wrecked street courtesy the Luftwaffe. Around 60,000
people lost their lives in the UK due to enemy bombing during World War
Two.
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The
RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) were located at the Hilsea Barracks
just south of Portsdown. Here are a happy bunch of RAOC soldiers at the
evacuated Portsdown School.
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April
1942 looking north on Portsdown Hill with a Daimler armoured car on
patrol. This vehicle had a 2 pounder quick firing gun and 5/8 inch
armour. It weighed 7.6 tons and had a crew of three.
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Wymering
early 1940. The local ARP (Air Raid Precautions) wardens have organised
a fun day as a means of getting the kids used to wearing their gas masks
- fortunately they were never needed.
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A
semi-sunken ARP post at Wymering. The warden in the foreground is carrying
a gas rattle which would be sounded in the event of a gas attack. The
legend above the door of the post says "Young Bill's Better
'Ole" which refers to the First World War cartoon character Old
Bill. The precise location of this post is not known, but it has been
suggested by Don Fraser that it was just behind the southern wall of the
graveyard opposite St Peter & St Paul Church.
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I'm
making a guess that this photo was taken at Wymering. It shows a group
of ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) personnel carrying out the
procedure for dealing with air dropped incendiary bombs. The ATS was the
reformed Women's Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC), and had a strength of
190,000 women.
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