Folkestone

A coastal town in Kent turned wartime battleground, Folkestone’s beaches and cliffs became an unlikely frontline during the Blitz. Amelia Ducat served here in the Home Guard, manning an anti-aircraft emplacement among the crashing waves and salt-laced winds. The gun positions sat between crumbling chalk cliffs and the Channel’s restless water, where the sound of incoming bombers and the bark of ack-ack guns created a relentless rhythm. The town’s scars—from sandbagged walls to shattered storefronts—remained visible years later, imprinted on those who endured the nightly raids.