DAMAGE TO WESTMINSTER SCHOOL
I British Official Wireless! Rugby, May 14. The damage by bombs to Westminster School includes the destruction of the 200-year-old dormitory where the King's scholars slept and where the historic Latin play took place every December. Serious damage was done to ‘he great school room where the annual ceremony of tossing the pancake took place. The pannelling in the big hall with the memorial containing the names of old Westminster boys has been destroyed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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78DAMAGE TO WESTMINSTER SCHOOL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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