TRAGEDY OF RAID
The biggest personal tragedy of the war was revealed the other day. It occurred in the Fast End of London during German air raids. One man, sole survivor of his family, lost 23 relatives killed. Later lie received a letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission asking for details about his daughter. He called, gave the necessary information, then asked: “What about the others?” Officials discovered lie had brought with him a complete record of 23 members of his family—wiped out by the same bomb. Youngest of Britain’s civilian war dead was a baby 11 hours old. And, at the other end of the scale, the oldest was a' Chelsea pensioner aged 100.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 24, 28 December 1942, Page 2
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116TRAGEDY OF RAID Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 24, 28 December 1942, Page 2
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