Bombing Damage Leamington Spa

"A German bomb moved this
statue one inch on its plinth
on the 14th November 1940"

Leamington Spa was bombed several times during WW2 and 13 were killed.
Friday 23rd August 1940 at 11.40- no deaths
Saturday 19th October 1940 at 19.50- fatal injury Hilda Wormell
Thursday 14th November 1940 at 23.40- Night of the Coventry Blitz. 6 deaths: Edward and George Antrobus, Frederick Bay, Stafford Hammond, Thomas Landles, Charles Welch. Annie Freeman also died in Lillington.
Tuesday 8th April 1941 at 21.45- no deaths
Saturday 13th June 1942 at 13.06- Walter Williams fatally injured.
Thursday 16th July 1942 at 06.21. 4 deaths, Robert Baskott, Reginald Kitchener,
Frederick Pike and Ronald Smith.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward