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It is located directly opposite from the Town Hall, which has itself a shrine dedicated to those in Clydebank who died during World War I and World War II. There is another war memorial on Graham Avenue. A recording made in May 1941 by bombed-out civilian Tom Wright features on The Blitz, an archive audiobook CD issued in 2007.
Clydebank Blitz: The Luftwaffe bombed the Scottish shipbuilding town of Clydebank for the first of two nights. 15 members of the Dutch resistance were executed by firing squad in Scheveningen. [1] German submarines U-79 and U-561 were commissioned.
Lorna Graham and her family spent two days in an Anderson shelter during one of Scotland’s most devastating air raids in March 1941.
World War II control bunker on Liddington Hill. As of 2000, there is a relatively intact control bunker for a co-located Starfish and Quick Light (QL) site at Liddington Hill overlooking Swindon. [6] [15] [17] [e]
In all some 1.5 million men and women served within the organisation during World War Two. Over 127,000 full-time personnel were involved at the height of the Blitz but by the end of 1943 this had dropped to 70,000. The Civil Defence Service was stood down towards the end of the war in Europe on 2 May 1945.
Clydebank Re-built Ltd. — regeneration of Clydebank; in particular, redevelopment of the riverfront areas previously given over to shipbuilding and marine engineering; Clydebank Restoration Trust; Clyde Waterfront Heritage — John Brown's Shipyard [permanent dead link ] Post-Blitz Clydebank — documentary about Clydebank from 1947 to 1952
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ROF Dalmuir started production as a Royal Ordnance Factory under the control of the Ministry of Supply, it opened on 16 January 1941. In August 1941 it was handed over to William Beardmore and Company to run as an Agency Factory; and it returned to ROF Management control in September 1944.