The life of a Maidstone and District bus driver on the Home Front during the Second World War
|
Updated: 08:50, 27 January 2021
We have become familiar with the stories of wartime heroism from our servicemen at the front during the last war, but what of those left at home to Keep Calm and Carry on?
Tony Webb, of Newbury Avenue in Allington, shares this history of his father, Keith Webb, who was a bus driver for Maidstone and District bus company for 40 years - including the entire 1939 to 1945 conflict.
Keith Webb - 40 years a bus driver
Born in Hollingbourne in 1903, Keith Webb attended the Duke of Yorkâs Royal Military School in Dover as a child and as result became a man of smart appearance and discipline throughout his life. He joined M&D in 1928.