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title: British Child Evacuees, 1939
author: imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19134/british-child-evacuees-1939/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-06-23
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# British Child Evacuees, 1939
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19134.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of a group of evacuated children at Stevenage railway station, 1 September 1939. The children are carrying gas masks and wearing identity tags. (Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museums, i. W. (2024, June 23). British Child Evacuees, 1939. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museums, imperial War. "British Child Evacuees, 1939." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 23, 2024. .
### MLA
Museums, imperial War. "British Child Evacuees, 1939." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jun 2024, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205059525) by **imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 23 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.