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WYE FIRE SERVICE - Taken by R M BIGRIGG 06 Jul 2017
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Memorial plaque - Taken by Philip Paine 08 Jul 2019
Reference WMO/252634
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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REMEMBER THE SEVEN MEN OF WYE FIRE SERVICE WHO SAVED THE PILGRIK CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS FROM DETRUCTION BY FIRE BOMBS(names) IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF MONDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 190 AT HE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. TWO HIGH EXPLOSIVE AND SOME FIVE HUNDRED INCENDIARY BOMBS WERE DROPPED NEAR THIS CHURCH.MANY FIRES BEGAN MOSTLY AMONGST THE NEARBY FARM BUILDINGS BUT LL SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SWIFTLY EXTINGUISHED.HOWEVER ONE INCENDIARY BOMB WHICH LODGED ON THE CHURCH TOWER WAS OVERLOOKED,IT EVENTUALLY MELTED THE LEAD ROOF FIRING THE BEAMS BENEATH AND BY MIDNIGHT THE TOWER WAS AFLAME.WHEN WYE FIRE BRIGADE ARRIVED TWO ENEMY BOMBERS WERE CIRCLING OVERHEAD AND THE CHURCH TOWER HAD BECOME AN INFERNO FANNED BY THE HIGH WIND.WITH ONLY FARM LADDERS AVAILABLE THE FIRE WAS TREACHEROUSLY DIFFICULT TO TACKLE. NEVERTHLESS THE COURAGEOUS FIREMEN AT LAST REACHED THE AISLE ROOF.THEY THEN SCALED THE HAZARDOUS SLOPED OF THE NAVE ROOF TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER WHERE THY EVNTUALLY PUT OUT THE BLAZE.PILGRIM GIVE THANKS THAT THIS CHURCH SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST OF WAR. TAKE SHIELD OF FAITH WHEREWITH YE SHAL QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED EPH6.16
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