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DAMAGE DURING AIR RAIDS DETAILS GIVEN BY SPEAKER London, June 8. The Speaker, Colonel 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 were hit 12 times by bombs. He added that the building was also hit by twx> of our own aircraft shells, the first damaging Big Ben and 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 were three killed and 15 injured. Earl Winterton, “Father” of the House of Commons, ih a speech of thanks, said they had been unable to save the House of Commons chamber but he thought they had kept alive the spirit of the birthplace of European democracy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 11 June 1945, Page 5
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187HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 11 June 1945, Page 5
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