In 1939, the second world war led to the evacuation of nearby Liverpool led to 230 evacuees being admitted temporarily to the school.
In 1939, when Banerji was 7, World War II began, and she was evacuated to various large and old country mansions.
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During World War II it housed evacuees from Wellington House School Westgate on Sea Kent.
During World War II the school was evacuated to the Powis Castle estate in Montgomeryshire, but returned to its Ashford site in 1946.
At this time Devonport High School for Boys returned from wartime evacuation and took over the buildings.