Man seeks to trace fellow WW2 Somerset evacuees

A man evacuated at the start of World War Two is hoping to make contact with fellow evacuees in memory of VE day.

Albert 'Bert' Butterfield, 92, left London two days before Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939.

Evacuated with teachers and children from Gainsborough Road School, Mr Butterfield, then aged seven, travelled on a train to Minehead, Somerset before being sent to live in nearby Alcombe.

Mr Butterfield said: "It would be interesting to know how people have made their way since then, what's happened to them."