Posted by Graham Jansen on 22/6/2007, 3:31 pm
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My Grandfather, Thomas Arthur House, was killed at the Running Horses Public House on 29 Nov 1940 during a bombing raid. He was an ARP Ambulance Driver, aged 44 yrs and died alongside Henry George Frederick Parry, an ARP Stretcher Bearer, aged 19 yrs and an Albert Sydney Humphreys, a fireman AFS, aged 50 yrs. The landlord of the newly completed Running Horses, Mr Zacharia Cole was killed instantly having been standing at the front door of his pub at the time. Apart from the deaths of my Grandfather and his colleagues there were no less than twenty people injured. One of the ARP wardens reported that the victims were all seated at the table and had no visible injuries, they were typical blast victims. The landlady is understood to have continued to serve drinks out of the back of the pub after her husband was killed. The Crown public house, which stood on the opposite corner to the Running Horses, was so severely damaged it was never used again and was later demolished. The landlord and his wife, Mr and Mrs Withernden, were killed as were two ladies who died as a result of their injuries.
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