WONDERFUL BRAVERY
SUFFERERS IN LONDON RAIDS THREE-HOUR TOUR BY KING GEORGE .. HOMELESS AND BEREAVED CHEER HIS MAJESTY ~ (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 10, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 9 The King today made a tour lasting three hours of areas in East and South-east London which had suffered most from the enemy bombing. His Majesty, who travelled up from Windsor specially to make the tour, commented upon the wonderful bravery of the people in these areas, who though many of them had been rendered homeless and had suffered personal bereavement, appeared cheerful and gave the King the warmest reception. At many places which the King visited, air raid precaution workers were still hard at work, and His Majesty had occasion to congratulate the various services for their good work and courage. Later the King drove to the road where a huge bomb had struck and completely destroyed a row T of eight houses. The King clambered up a huge pile of debris in front of a crater 75 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Dirt-begrimed air raid precaution workers were still searching here for bodies, and one man showed the King a big piece of a bomb. The King saw many other buildings, including a big block of flats which had moved one yard as a result of a bomb explosion but which had not fallen. The King was obviously moved by what he saw.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 5
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233WONDERFUL BRAVERY Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 5
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