ref: 1481/A9/79 The Westminster Hotel in the aftermath of the bombing. Image taken 28 March; (courtesy of the Western Morning News).
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- Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
- People in story:Ìý
- Sub Lieutenant J V Evans, A E Cockerton, Grace Guscott, Poppy Emma Curwood
- Location of story:Ìý
- The Westminster Hotel, The Crescent, Plymouth
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4232927
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 21 June 2005
On Friday 21st March 1941 Plymouth endured some of the worst bombing of any place in the country with much of the city centre being razed. The story that emerges from the following documents held in the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office portrays not only a vivid impression of the devastation wrought on the city but also a poignant tale of personal tragedy. Collectively they recount a terrible incident — one of many - in Plymouth’s wartime experience. The contemporary account is still vivid and the subsequent declaration in the coroner’s court chilling in its succinct clarity.
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