The Messines Park Air Raid 15 April 1941


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Reference WMO/292220

Address:

Derry City Cemetery

Lone Moor Road

Derry/Londonderry

BT48 2LA

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Bronze Plaque. Thirteen Civilians aged between 10 months and 60 years died when 4 houses- 55 to 61 Messines Park, Derry/Londonderry were hit in an air raid. The plaque is not strictly correct as a second bomb landed in te raid-causing damage but no fatalities- see the newspaper article. For reasons of morale boosting censorship the raid was not reported contemporaneously.
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Messines Park/Air Raid on 15th April 1941 at 11.40pm/The following people lost their lives when the only bomb to land on the/city during the Second World War hit no's 55-61 Messines Park/[names with full details of address, age and familial relationships]

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