Letters from a Teenager, Battle of Britain 1940

The following are 2 letters that my late father sent to his evacuated Sister during the Battle of Britain in WW2. When I first read the letters I was overwhelmed. Copies have been sent to the Imperial War Musium in London; who have asked for the originals.

The letters tell a remarkable story of how one teenager tried to go about his 'normal' daily life amid the death and destruction going on all around at the time.

What is impressive is the matter-of-fact way he described the devastation of London, night after night. I noted too, that everyone fought their way to work the next day despite the hardships and lack of sleep the night before. These letters are a lesson to the modern day whinger generation "Look, this is what we did, this is what we were".