Clacton, Essex

Victoria Road, Clacton

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MEMORIAL SITE : Victoria Road Memorial Bench

HISTORIC RECORD

The was a memorial plaque on this bench which was missing on my visit. It read:

NEAR THIS SPOT ON TUESDAY 30TH APRIL 1940
A HEINKELL BOMBER CRASHED KILLING THE GERMAN CREW
AND MR & MRS GILL OF VICTORIA ROAD, WHO WERE
THE FIRST CIVILLIAN CASUALTIES OF WWII
​ON THE BRITISH MAINLAND