An Evacuee

The year is 1939 and the Wallace family are on holiday in Bognor Regis when war is declared. For each family member this news brings differing expectations, but little does eight-year-old Roger realise that his happy childhood world, shared with three brothers and a sister and his best friend Jimmy Smith, is about to be turned upside down.

Roger, his brother Gerry and sister Margaret are evacuated. He is separated from them and moved from home to home through no fault of his own; often left ...