WW2: A Civilian in the Second World War

This blog posts extracts from E J Rudsdale's diaries of life on the home front in Britain during the Second World War. Each extract was posted exactly 70 years after it was first written, marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War between 2009-2015.

30th April 1944

Sunday Lovely warm summer day. The Boxted orchards are a wonderful sight, a mass of blossom. Cuckoos calling in the Plantation all mor...

29th April 1944

Saturday Dull again, but warm. Two Suffolks rolling the field behind the house this morning. When I got to the office found everythi...

28th April 1944

Friday Hundreds of ‘planes going over between 4 and 5 in the morning. So difficult to get more than a couple of hours sleep nowadays. L...

27th April 1944

Thursday There was an alarm at 5 o’clock, so Miss Bentley said, but I did not hear it. Have been most fortunate in not hearing alarms. ...

26th April 1944

Wednesday Brilliant morning, but cold. ‘Planes going out in hundreds from 6 o’clock onwards. As I cycled up Military Road , saw Maisie ...

25th April 1944

Tuesday Colder, with a N.E. wind, cloudy at times. ‘Planes streaming over the house soon after 8, bombs hanging below them. At the...

24th April 1944

Monday Much colder this morning, and cloudy, but ‘planes going out very early above the clouds. Called at Holly Trees but no letter from...

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E J Rudsdale: Born on 14th February 1910 in Colchester, Essex. Began work at Colchester Castle Museum in 1928.

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