Clydebank Blitz Civil Defence Memorial

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Reference WMO/252101

Address:

Bankhead School

Caldwell Avenue

Clydebank

Glasgow

G13 3AS

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: “On Thursday the 13th of March 1941 at around 9.00 pm sirens sounded over Clydeside warning of the approach of more than 400 German bombers. They had taken off from bases in Norway, Northern France, Northern Germany and The Netherlands. At approximately 9.15 pm one of several bombers flying over Knightswood, a district on the west side of Glasgow, dropped a land or parachute mine. It scored a direct hit on a primary school, part of which was serving as an Auxiliary Fire Station, Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) post and Gas Decontamination Unit. 39 people were killed within the school or died later from their injuries. Almost all of them were Auxiliary Firemen, A.R.P. wardens and First Aid personnel. Many more were injured. The dead included a five year old boy. The school was Bankhead Primary situated between Caldwell Avenue and Broadlie Drive.” The above passage has been reproduced from the book “Bankhead - The Story of a Primary School at War”, by Bryan Cromwell (ISBN 10: 0954136608). The memorial is at the entrance to the school
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Board- IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES WHO /WERE KILLED OR DIED FROM INJURIES WHILE ON DUTY AT /BANKHEAD SCHOOL DURING THE CLYDESIDE RAID /ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH MARCH 1941

COLUMN 1 AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE /PERSONNEL /Henry Carlisle /Alexander Clelland /Harry Collins /Archibald Donald /Hugh Donnelly /John Edmiston /Thomas Findlay /George Geddes /William Hunter /Alexander Irwin /John Turnbull /James McDonald /Alexander McGibbon /John McLean /Christopher Mulvany /Robert Morrison Jnr. /William Robertson /Harry Simeon /Robert Walker/Robert Woodhead ** /D. McColl BOY MESSENGERS /Ronaldo Pacitti /Daniel Woodhead ** COLUMN 2- AIR RAID PRECAUTION/ PERSONNEL /Edward Christie /Alexander Fraser * /Janet Fraser * /Joseph Mallinson /John Ferrier FIRST AID POST PERSONNEL /Olive Clue /Rena Dykes /Jessie Mitchell /Violet McLean /Margaret Reid /Elizabeth Sandys /Isabella Wallace * /David Wallace * /Grace Wilson / Helen Kelly /George Singleton / * Father (School Janitor), Mother, Daughter & Grandson /** Brothers

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