The Bombing of Newton Abbot Railway Station

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Reference WMO/302716

Address:

Newton Abbot Station

Station Road

Newton Abbot

TQ12 2JE

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: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Metal Plaque, next to the Roll of Honour (WMO/159160)
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THIS PLAQQUE COMMEMORATES THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF NEWTON ABBOT RAILWAY STATION/AND THE 15 PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THIS ENEMY ACTION./ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 20TH 1940 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 3 GERMAN LUFWAFFE PLANES TARGETTED THE RAILWAY STATION/IN THE ENSUING ATTACK THE STATION AND SURROUNDING AREA WAS BOMBED AND STRAFED WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE./THE STATION WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE ATTACK AND AS WELL AS THOSE KILLED, 60 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED./IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY THE SCARS OF THE ATTACK ARE STILL VISIBLE TODAY./IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/[names]

Column 1- DILYS ADAMS AGED 6/ JOHN H M BAKER AGED 49/ CHARLES H BUCKINGHAM AGED 54/ JAMES D M GAVIGAN AGED 40/ DOROTHY LETHBRIDGE AGED 24/ WILLIAM C ROWE AGED 31/ KATHLEEN L WEATHERSPOON AGED 39; Column 2- WINIFRED ADAMS AGED 20/ ARTHUR R BEST AGED 57/ ANDRE P K CLAY AGED 19/ MAUD HEATH AGED 60/ KENNETH MAUNDER AGED 9/ FREDERICK H STARR AGED 35/ AGNES WOODERS AGED 62; Centred below the Columns- ELSIE YATES CLAY AGED 42

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