Wartime Evacuation from Gosport to Eastleigh

WAR TIME EVACUATION FROM GOSPORT TO EASTLEIGH AND ITS SIDE ISSUES
In 1939, fear of bombing and population panic had led to government definition of areas as evacuation, neutral or reception to assist rapid dispersal of non essential personnel. Schemes proposed paid little attention to educational needs. In the case of Gosport and Eastleigh the
decisive factor was the railway linking the two towns. There was no difficulty in providing a paper plan for smooth evacuation. As a reception area, Eastleigh was to accept some small primary schools, a boys and a girls elementary school, a complete grammar school and some 200 mothers who were either expectant or accompanied infants.