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15 October 2014
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The Mayflower Hotel: In Plymouth

by superchelsea

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superchelsea
People in story:听
great great granda Glanville
Location of story:听
Plymouth,Devon,England
Article ID:听
A2359208
Contributed on:听
27 February 2004

Well my great granda was standing on Plymouth hoe when he heard the drone of engines. He thought it was just the spitfires coming back from France. As they drew closer he saw they were Stuka bombers! He ran to the shelters as fast as he could. His father,my great great granda, who owned the Mayflower Hotel, though they would fly over and bomb the big cities. He was wrong and he was killed along with 14 people who were staying at the hotel. As for my great great granda he was ok and he was one of the two survivers and he was rushed to hospital and had to have his kidney removed . my great great granda got the ditingused red cross for his part in WW1.

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