BRITAIN’S CIVILIAN WAR DEAD commemorated. The six volumes in this memorial case contain the names of 60,000 civilians killed in Britain by enemy action during the Second World War. The Duke of Gloucester, as president of the Imperial War Graves Commission, handed over the case and the volumes to Westiminster Abbey. One volume at a time is opened, and a page turned each day.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27912, 8 March 1956, Page 3
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64BRITAIN’S CIVILIAN WAR DEAD commemorated. The six volumes in this memorial case contain the names of 60,000 civilians killed in Britain by enemy action during the Second World War. The Duke of Gloucester, as president of the Imperial War Graves Commission, handed over the case and the volumes to Westiminster Abbey. One volume at a time is opened, and a page turned each day. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27912, 8 March 1956, Page 3
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