Children were instructed to keep their masks with them at all times and were the key item of luggage for evacuees. Gas mask drill was a daily feature of life at school. The routine for the drill ...

Throughout World War Two, in a massively complex and dramatic operation, approximately three million people were evacuated from ... of luggage along with their gas masks. They did not have an ...

Campbell was five at the start of World War II, and lived with her mum ... Now you're gonna be an evacuee. There's your suitcase. There's your gas mask, which is very, very important.