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1 September Germany invaded Poland without a declaration of war.

3 September Britain and France declared war on Germany.

27 September Warsaw surrendered to the Nazis.

29 September National registration was carried out in the UK to supply the entire population with Identity Cards.

14 October HMS Royal Oak was sunk at port in Scapa Flow by a German U-boat; 833 men died in Britain's first heavy loss.

21 October Conscription began of men aged between twenty and twenty-three.

28 October The first German plane was shot down over Great Britain.

8 November A failed attempt to assassinate Hitler killed nine people in Munich.

30 November The Red Army marched into Finland.

¹ Betty Ross, who lived with my parents as a paying guest when Shell was evacuated.

² Bunty Goldie, now Bunty Jackman – still a close friend.

³ Joyce Davidge.

⁴ Non-Commissioned Officer.

⁵ Renee Bedell – who had been working for the British Council.

⁶ Mickey Johnston.

⁷ Motor Transport.

⁸ A popular comedian of the time.

⁹ Bunty's parents.

¹⁰ Bernie and Eric were two friends of Bunty's; they all met at the Goldies' tennis club.

¹¹ Aircraft Woman 1st Class.

¹² By this time we had heard quite a bit about the existence of concentration camps within Germany. In 1938–9 there was a stream of refugees from Germany to the UK, mostly children, few of whom ever saw their parents again.

¹³ Officers waiting on other ranks is still the custom in the Armed Forces on Christmas Day.

¹⁴ The Navy, Army and Air Force Institute runs shops and clubs for the Armed Forces, and then gives its profits back to the Services.