Tag Archives: Waterloo

1.6.40

Last night to Waterloo and Victoria to see whether I could get any news of [Eric][1]. Quite impossible, of course. The men who have been repatriated have orders not to speak to civilians and are in any case removed from … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged bef, belgian, Chatham, french, Laurence O'Shaughnessy, newspapers, refugees, sailors, soldiers, Victoria, Waterloo | 4 Comments

3.9.39. (Greenwich)

Posted on 3 September by orwelldiaries

Have again been traveling etc. Shall close this diary today, & it will as it stands serve as a diary of events leading up to the war. We have apparently been in a state of war since 11 am. this … Continue reading →

Posted in Leading Up to War, Political | Tagged aeroplanes, air-raid practice, air-raids, balloon barrage, Chruchill, Daladier, Danzig, Eden, evacuation, gas masks, Italy, labour, letters to Reynolds, Military Training Act, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, not much enthusiasm, POland, Polish corridor, public air-raid shelters, raid on Warsaw, start of war, troops, voluntary fire brigades, Waterloo | 18 Comments

Tag Archives: Waterloo

1.6.40

3.9.39. (Greenwich)

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