HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
HIT 12 TIMES BY BOMBS
Rec. 11 a.m. RUGBY, June 8. The Speaker, Colonel H. Clifton Brown, at a farewell party given in the House of Commons to all who had played a part in the defence and protection of the Palace of Westminster from enemy air attacks, disclosed that the Houses of Parliament had been hit 12 times by bombs. He added that the building- was also hit by two of our own anti-aircraft shells, the first damaging ' Big. Ben, the other • falling and exploding in the Royal Court.
A naval shell also penetrated the library of the House of Commons, but fortunately did not explode. The Speaker said that during the whole period of the war there were 1224 alerts at the Houses of Parliament, covering a total period of 2188 hours. The total number of casualties was three killed and 15 injured. The Earl of Wintertbn, Father of the House of Commons, in a speech of thanks, said that they all had been prepared to give their lives in protection of the Palace. They had been unable to^ave the Commons Chamber, but he thought they had kept alive the spirit of the birthplace of European democracy.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 135, 9 June 1945, Page 7
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