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Picture No 10470762
Date 1940
Description The Illustrated London News, 1940
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Page from the Illustrated London News describing the heroism of Lieutenant Robert Davies(1900-1975), who received the George Cross for commanding the bomb disposal unit which saved St. Paul's Cathedral during the Blitz. The 8ft bomb took three days to be removed from the mud where it had fallen on September 15th 1940, only 26ft away from the cathedral wall.
Source The Illustrated London News, 1940, September 21st page 370
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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