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The Bombing of Pembroke Dock

This presentation explores the aftermath of the bombing of Pembroke Dock during World War Two, focusing on the compensation claims by farmers and the statistics related to the oil tank fires. It also includes letters discussing bomb damage repair and the consequences of the bombing.

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The Bombing of Pembroke Dock

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  1. The `ESC’ at any time to stop the presentation. The Bombing of Pembroke Dock Part II Photograph used with the kind permission of Phil Carradice

  2. Some farmers who lived near the oil tanks that were attacked in Llanreath tried to get compensation under The War Damage Act for the loss of cattle and crops. District Valuers investigated each claim and calculated how much compensation should be awarded to individuals. Click on the documents to enlarge them Documents courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

  3. How much did it cost for this particular claims investigation to take place? How long did it take, after the ‘event’, before this particular claims bill was paid ? Document courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

  4. One farmers claim for loss of animals, crops and use of land as pasture Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: D/ROC/419

  5. Document courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office According to this document were all farmers automatically awarded damages for all that they claimed for?

  6. The oil tank fires produced some interesting statistics • The Llanreath depot contained 17 tanks and a total of 201,000 tons of oil – 45 million gallons • Eleven tanks were destroyed representing a total of 38 million gallons of oil lost • Twenty two different brigades were involved in fighting the flames • Fifty three pumps and nine miles of hose were used • Extra help came from as far away as London • It cost £840 to feed the men • The telephone bill at Pembroke Dock fire station for the three weeks that the oil tanks blazed came to £800 • Five firemen were killed and 1,153 different treatments were administered for amongst other things – burns, cuts and abrasions Source from: The Education and School Improvement Service Taken from Wales and the Second World War by Phillip Tapper and Susan Hawthorne, 1991

  7. Image courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: HDX/101/64 Image courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: HDX/101/14 The bombing of Pembroke Dock was a regular occurrence.These pictures were taken just over a month before the attack on the Llanreath oil tanks and show just one devastated street in the town. * Note the army personnel who were stationed in the town.

  8. “Not surprising after so much bombing, the dust and dirt was everywhere….The street behind Gran’s house was hit by a landmine. The centre of the street was gone. All Gran’s back windows blew out and her toilet at the bottom of the garden was blown up.” Jean Reynolds, Pembroke Dock Schoolgirl in 1941 The bombing of Pembroke Dock was intensive and extremely frightening for those who lived in the town. It is not surprising that many of the children, like Jean Reynolds and her two brothers, were eventually evacuated from the town. Jean was at first sent to relatives in Bridgend and then to Cornwall where she stayed at a farm on Bodmin Moor.

  9. A B B A C C Discuss:Why do you think that the Luftwaffe targeted Pembroke Dock?

  10. A B B A C C Discuss:Why do you think that the Luftwaffe targeted Pembroke Dock? A = Oil Tanks B = Fort/Barracks C = Sunderland and Catalina Flying Boat Station

  11. The bombs did not always hit military targets! Click on the documents below to enlarge them A letter referring to the destruction of The Pier Hotel, Pembroke Dock, 1941 A letter referring to a bomb crater and damaged roof, Pembroke Dock, 1941 A reply to the letter concerning the crater and damaged roof, Pembroke Dock, 1941

  12. What has worried this person so much that they have decided to write directly to the Town Clerk in Pembroke Dock? Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: PEM/SE/102

  13. Why do you think that a Flight Lieutenant is writing to the Borough Surveyor with regards to bomb damage repair? Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

  14. Why is the Borough Surveyor writing to Pembroke Dock’s Deputy Town Clerk? How important a job do you think a Surveyor’s was during World War Two? Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: PEM/SE/102

  15. What were the consequences of the bombing of Pembroke Dock during World War Two by the Luftwaffe? END

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