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Two little girls awaiting evacuation from Paddington Station, September 1939Part of the evacuation of London during WW2
SS St Julien as a hospital ship, at Newport Docks, c. 1940This image shows SS St Julien at Newport Docks following her conversion into a hospital ship, as denoted by the red cross painted on the side of her hull
Evacuees at Paddington Station in 1939This moving image of evacuees making their way along platform 4 at Paddington Station was also taken during the 4 day evacuation of London and other major cities in September 1939
SS St Julien at the Banana Dock in Dieppe c. 1939SS St Julien is pictured here at the Banana Dock in Dieppe during her service as a hospital ship. St Julien was built in 1925 as a vessel to serve the GWRs Weymouth route
Evacuees waiting outside the departure platform at Paddington in 1939One of the very first war time roles that the GWR was engaged in was the evacuation of children from cities to the relative safety of the countryside
Evacuees waiting to leave Paddington Station, 1939This image shows eight young boys and girls about to leave London as evacuees to the countryside. Although the images shows them laughing it must have been a daunting experience for them
Paddington Station, c1940A group of nurses wave off a train load of evacuees during World War 2. The mass evacuation of children from cities and towns, known as Operation Pied Piper, began in 1939