N Tunna GC

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Reference WMO/247134

Address:

Woodside Ferry Terminal

Woodside

Birkenhead, Wirral

CH41 6AU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Plaque on curved wall.
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NORMAN TUNNA QC / LONDON GAZETTE FRIDAY 24 JANUARY 1941 / THE KING HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO AWARD THE GEORGE CROSS TO / NORMAN TUNNA, SHUNTER, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, BIRKENHEAD / ENEMY ACTION OVER THE BIRKENHEAD AREA RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF SERIOUS / FIRES INVOLVING RAILWAY AND DOCK WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES. / A LARGE NUMBER OF INCENDIARY BOMBS FELL ON OR ABOUT THE MORPETH DOCK GOODS / STATION AND SIDINGS. AMONGST THE WAGONS IN THE YARD WERE A TRAIN LOAD OF / AMMUNITION, VARIOUS TRUCKS OF PETROL IN TINS, BOMBS AND AMMUNITION FUSES. MOST / OF THE ENEMY INCENDIARY BOMBS WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE PROMPT ACTION OF / THE STAFF ON DUTY BEFORE DAMAGE COULD BE DONE, BUT A SERIOUS FIRE DEVELOPED / FROM INCENDIARIES FALLING ON ONE SECTION OF THE STATION PREMISES. / IN THE COURSE OF THESE EVENTS SHUNTER TUNNER DISCOVERED TWO INCENDIARY BOMBS / BURNING IN A SHEETED OPEN WAGON, CONTAINING 250LB BOMBS. WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD / OF PERSONAL RISK, TUNNA REMOVED THE SHEET, EXTINGUISHED THE INCENDIARY BOMBS AND REMOVED THEM FROM THE TRUCK. THE TOP LAYER OF THESE BOMBS WAS HOT. / TUNNA'S ACTION DISPLAYED COURAGE IN VERY HIGH DEGREE AND ELIMINATED THE RISK / OF SERIOUS EXPLOSIONS, THE RESULT OF WHICH COULD BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE.

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