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Witness History: The child evacuees of World War Two

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The child evacuees of World War Two

11/11/2022 GMT

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The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

When World War Two started thousands of children were taken away from their families in UK cities and sent to live in the countryside. Kitty Baxter was nine when she left London.

The 1 September 1939 was Kitty Baxter’s ninth birthday, it was also the day her life and millions of other people’s changed with the beginning of World War Two. 

Kitty was among the hundreds of thousands of children taken out of UK cities and into the countryside, away from the risk of German bombs. She’s been speaking to Laura Jones.

(Photo: Child evacuees leaving a London train station. Credit: Getty Images)

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