Evac-A1.
Order of March to Clapham Junction
For the Evacuation of Battersea Central School (Boys)
On the First September 1939.
School Number 1142
A. Assembly Instructions from Mr. A Ling, Headmaster
0900: Assemble;
Check groups, luggage, gas masks, labels,
First Aid Kit, banners and ensure all correct.
1100: Send the revised copy (dead accurate) of the groups, to be handed to Divisional Officer as Official Record.
1130: Assemble in playgrounds ready to move off - Lavatories!
1145: Move: -
Girls in 2’s
Infants
Boys
Keep moving at a steady, fairly slow pace.
Halt for rest at Cinema, York Road, Keep close formation
Halt for crossing in waves at Plough Road - a few yards before reaching.
Cross at signal.
Move on to Plough Road and carry out orders given there.
On Platform:
Assemble in groups of ten (plus adults) in files facing the train
x x x
x x x
x x x
x x x
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TRAIN
Allowing a yard between each ten. Leaders control entry to carriages, and travel with groups.
B. Groups of Ten plus the Masters and Wives
Alway, Mr. C W
24 Seymour Road, SW18
Raine, Mrs. S
56 Wincanton Road, SW18
Williams, Mr. L C
21 Streatham Place, SW2
Williams, Mrs. L C
21 Streatham Place, SW2
Forbes, Mr. R A
16 Connaught Avenue, SW14
Raine, Dr S G
(Deputy School Leader)
56 Wincanton Road,SW18
Names
Age
Addresses
Cantello, Frank
15
16 Liston Road, SW4
Cantello, Sidney
12
16 Liston Road, SW4
Mills, Ronald
15
70 Eversleigh Road, SW11
Raine, Marion
15
56 Wincanton Road, SW18
Raine, Richard
10
56 Wincanton Road, SW18
Saunders, Ronald
12
1 Abercrombie Street, SW11
Checkley, James
12
29 Battersea Park Road, SW11
Checkley, William
9
29 Battersea Park Road, SW11
Jones, Alan
12
33 Stormont Road, SW11
Jones, Gerald
8
33 Stormont Road, SW11
Douthwaite, Edward
16
20 Amies Street, SW11
Douthwaite, John
11
20 Amies Street, SW11
Douthwaite, Clifford
7
20 Amies Street, SW11
Harrison, William
16
16 Barnard Road, SW11
Harrison, Frank
12
16 Barnard Road, SW11
Harrison, Joan
6
16 Barnard Road, SW11
Ravera, Paul
12
184 Lavender Hill, SW11
Morgan, Alfred
14
12 Meyrick Road, SW11
Boiling, Cecil
14
Flat1, 5 St Phillip’s Square, SW8
Mulchay, Leslie
14
86 East Hill, SW18
Watson, Arthur
15
60 Livingstone Road,SW11
Watson, Elizabeth
12
60 Livingstone Road,SW11
Luetchford, Hugh
14
107 St John’s Hill, SW18
Jacob, Henry
14
20 Wycliffe Road, SW11
Jelley, Edward
14
92 Culvert Road, SW11
Jelley, Elisabeth
11
92 Culvert Road, SW11
Jelley, Cecilia
11
92 Culvert Road, SW11
Duffy, John
14
14 Austin Road, SW11
Duffy, Margaret
11
14 Austin Road, SW11
Evans, Kenneth
14
7 Comyn Road, SW11
Abbott, Leonard
15
57 Basnet Road, SW11
Abbott, Donald
13
57 Basnet Road, SW11
Hamlin, Eric
13
145 Ingrave Street, SW11
Clements, Cyril
13
27 Balfern Street, SW11
Merry, Arthur
12
37 Hope Street, SW11
Reynolds, Frederick
13
16 Kilton Street, SW11
Hemmings, Leonard
12
33 Poyntz Road, SW11
Hemmings, Ronald
5
33 Poyntz Road, SW11
Bridgen, Cyril
13
60 Kelmscott Road, SW11
Tyrrell, Robert
12
75 Latchmere Grove, SW11
Newton, John
14
83 Ingram Street, SW11
Taylor, Doreen
10
88 Hydethorpe Road, Balham, SW12
Bindon, Dennis
16
124 Turnmead Road, SW6
Geard, Roy
15
14 Parkgate Road, SW11
Hacker, Dennis
15
17 Octavia Street, SW11
Innes, Robert
15
24 Garratt Lane, SW18
All the above were initially listed as "Party Number 5", comprising four masters and two wives, and 5 groups totalling 46 pupils. Various notes and arrows on the original documents may indicate that some substitutions within groups were made, possibly after billet allocations were settled.
Second Party of "Tens" denoted as Number 3
Lewis, D G
39 Westway, SW20
King, E C
12 Loraine Gardens, Ashtead
Halliday, N
6 Montserrat Road, SW15*
King, Mrs
12 Loraine Gardens, Ashtead
Lewis, Mrs D
39 Westway, SW20
Names
Age
Addresses
Crafter, Bruce Arthur
15
21 Eversleigh Road,SW11 Prefect
Barr, Donald
14
9 Winfield House, Vic Cresc, SW11 *
Barr, Terence
7
9 Winfield House, Vic Cresc, SW11 *
Burcham, Charlie
13
117 Beaufoy Road, SW11
Burcham, Jack
8
117 Beaufoy Road, SW11
Burcham, Eric
5
117 Beaufoy Road, SW11
Humphries, Albert
14
18 Rollo Street, SW11 *
Jared, George
9
18 Rollo Street, SW11 *
Jared, Sydney
7
18 Rollo Street, SW11 *
Fulker, Albert
9
20 Rollo Street, SW11 *
Smart, Lawrence
15
13 Lavender Road, SW11 Prefect
Tigg, Albert
13
3 Grant Road, SW11
Tigg, Colin
8
3 Grant Road, SW11
Booth, James
13
1 Reform Street, SW11
Booth, Phyllis
11
1 Reform Street, SW11
Crofts, Peter
13
18 Cologne Road
Crofts, Catherine
11
18 Cologne Road
Thomson, George
14
20 Birley Street
Thomson, Douglas
9
20 Birley Street
Lewis, John
7
39 Westway, SW20
Pridham, Henry
15
8 Westbridge Road, SW11 Prefect
Steene, Frank
13
52 Eland Road, SW11
Steene, Jean
8
52 Eland Road, SW11
Bounsell, Eric
13
7 Patience Road, SW11
Bounsell, Jean
19
7 Patience Road, SW11
Sammonds, Charles
12
32 Parkham Street, SW11
Sammonds, George
11
32 Parkham Street, SW11
Hassell, Peter
13
5 Pounteney Road, SW11
Hassell, James
10
5 Pounteney Road, SW11
King, Doreen
9
12 Loraine Gardens, Ashtead
Trim, Arnold
15
9 Glenister Park Rd, SW4 Prefect
Dickeson, Richard
13
45 Speke Road,
Dickeson, John
10
45 Speke Road,
Withers, Henry
14
73 Coleford Street, SW17
Eaglestone, Leslie
13
36 Shuttleworth Road, SW11
Birch, Kenneth
13
9 Patience Road,
Juden, Arthur
13
16 Tidbury Street, SW8
Scammell, Stanley
13
264 Queen’s Road, SW8
Legray, Alfred
13
49 Newlands Terrace, SW8
Saberton, Roy E
13
8 Dickens Street, SW8 *
Voysey, Martin
15
29 Orbel Street, SW11 *
Wright, Peter
12
23 Berber Road,
Mullins, Alfred
12
104 Culvert Road,*
Creed, Stanley
12
63 Ashbury Road,
Howell, Donald A
12
53 Blondel Street,*
Eastland, William
12
17 Latchmere Road, *
Waller, Alfred
12
1 Wickersley Road, *
Randall, Dennis
12
132 Sheepcote Lane, *
Yates, John
12
14 Sabine Road, *
Webb, Ronald
12
21 Astle Street, *
All those denoted by an asterisk, *, had their names scored through, but there was no note in the original documents to indicate why. It certainly was not for non-attendance as from my personal knowledge most of the boys concerned finished up at Hawkley on the first day of September. Also it did not line up with the split of the school into Hawkley and Rowland’s Castle contingents.
On a separate sheet of paper, headed V10, and containing names and addresses of boys, there is a column marked "Other Children", but the symbols there under are difficult to translate. For example, Cantello, Frank of 16 Liston Road, SW4, has by him in that column "(c) one boy aged 12 .01". However, in the list for Party 5, he and his brother Sidney are recorded. There is a total of 7 Masters accompanying 96 boys and younger siblings, together with 4 masters’ wives.
On the same sheet as Party five is fine pen and pencil scribble of what I can deduce as the initial billet allocations made at the time at Hawkley. Where I can decipher them, I have listed the billets in the next section .