BBC Somerset’s War Stories
BBC Somerset’s online archive featuring stories about the Second World War that we’ve collected from people across the county.
War Stories: Ron from Frome
Ron Stone served for 4 years as a Commando in Burma. He told his story to Jack Killah.
War Stories: Tony from Burnham
Tony Winterburn was part of the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.
War Stories: Joe from Bridgwater
Joseph Abela was born in Malta towards the end of the conflict.
War Stories: Freddie from Somerton
Freddie Greenop from Somerton talks to Matt Faulkner about his memories.
War Stories: Jill from Chard
Jill has been sharing her father's War Story with Jack Murley.
War Stories: Anne from Ilminster
Anne Duncan ended up having prisoners of war with her during the war.
War Stories: Joan from Taunton
Joan's War Story begins in Swindon when she was just 8 years old.
War Stories: Pamela from Donyatt
Pamela Hull tells her war story, beginning with the day war was declared.
War Stories: Robin from Wells
Robin Doteswell lives in Wells but grew up in Poole in Dorset during the war.
War Stories: Bert from Chilcompton
92 year old Bert Williams lives in Chilcompton.
War Stories: Joyce in Winsham
Joyce Hayball is 90 and lives in Winsham.
War Stories: Diana from Chard
Diana Packham lives in Chard and has been sharing her War Story with Jack Murley
War Stories: Ted from Langport
Ted Pitman has been sharing his War Story with BBC Somerset's Jack Murley.
War Stories: Phil in Midsomer Norton
Phil Easly tells BBC Somerset's Charlie Taylor about his memories of wartime Bristol.
War Stories: Adam from Frome
The story of Kenneth Brown - a pilot who served with the RAF.
War Stories: Bill & Brenda in Newport
Bill and Brenda from Newport, near Langport, share their memories of WWII.
War Stories: Joe from Bridgwater
Listen here to Joseph Abela's War Story.
War Stories: Sonia from Shepton Mallet
Sonia Williams talks to Ben McGrail about growing up around American soldiers.
War Stories: Shirley from Taunton
86 year old Shirley Gregory was just a girl when the Second World War started.
War Stories: Bill from Yeovilton
Bill Reeks is a member of the Society of Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton.
War Stories: Yolanda from Bridgwater
Yolanda has been talking about her father's experience as an Italian prisoner-of-war.
War Stories: Frank from Wells
Frank Ott lives in Wells and was a navigator in the Pacific during the Second World War.
War Stories: Ben's Granddad's poems
Ben McGrail tells the story of his Granddad's Second World War - featuring his poetry.
War Stories: Audrey from Taunton
Audrey was just a girl in Rochdale when war was declared.























