Index
The night of August 22, 1940, George Leach was at home… it was nearing midnight when he heard the bombers overhead, then a deafening explosion. George Keen1, George Leach and those gathered to help, including members of the Fire Services, Home Guard, soldiers attached to a unit nearby and British Red Cross Society (BRCS) volunteer nurses placed themselves in great danger averting a certain catastrophe, preventing untold damage, reportedly saving the lives of those in nearby homes.