about one and a half million children
It is likely that some London evacuees were able to see their mothers again after being evacuated, as many were eventually able to return home when the danger of bombings decreased. However, the specifics would vary for each evacuee and depend on factors such as their location, circumstances, and the duration of the war.
The children were sent to the country to live with people there. Some were sent to Ireland and the United States. These were children of the more wealthier families. The children who were evacuated from London and other towns were called evacuees.
Evacuees of London, England during World War II, most of them children, were sent to towns and cities that were north of London, England. Many citizens of London, England stayed in underground shelters overnight during the bombings. They had to leave them during the day and then stand in line to get back into them at night.
During World War II, A.A. Milne and his wife opened their home, Cotchford Farm, to around 60 child evacuees from London. These children had been sent to the countryside for safety during the bombings of London.
Usually you would travel by train in a big group with other evacuees going to the same place, and usually with a volunteer from the WVS (Women's Voluntary Service) or a Special Constable, or another reliable volunteer. Some evacuees went to Canada or Australia by ship. Once you were evacuated it would be a long time before you'd see your family again, though many relatives in the UK would cycle out to the countryside to visit the children.
No, Some adults were evacuated. Children under five would have their mum's and pregnant women were evacuated.
Evacuees in WW2 were allowed teddies. Many pictures of evacuees boarding the trains have children with teddies.
During World War II, many London children were evacuated to the countryside. When a storm came the town had to be evacuated. To create a low pressure chamber, the air is evacuated from a sturdy container.
The evacuees went to these locations: Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, all of Wales, The Lake District in the Northwest, The Highlands of Scotland, and the south coast. Some places the children and adults were evacuated to such as Plymouth and Bristol were bombed so they had to move the kids again to other places.
During World War 2, in order to avoid the bombings, some women and most children were evacuated from the larger towns. The evacuations started in September 1939 and resulted in over 3 million people being evacuated. Evacuees were given gas masks and food for the journey to the county. Each child traveled with a label pinned to them stating their name, home address, school and destination.
Approximately 3.5 million people, mainly children, were evacuated en masse by the British Government during World War 2. They were sent to towns and villages in rural England where they stayed with relatives, or in many cases, complete strangers. People offering accommodation to evacuees were paid by the Government for their efforts. Evacuation occurred three time during the war: at the outbreak of war; during the Blitz in 1940; and during 1944 and 1945 when London was being attacked by German V1 and V2 weapons. On each occasion many evacuees returned to ther homes when the threat was perceived to have reduced. It is impossible to say how many of these were saved by evacuation because we can't know if they would have been killed had they not been evacuated.
According to the census of 1931, London's metro region population was 4.4 million. (Source: http://www.histpop.org)