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West Hill Hospital

A Memory of Dartford.

Early in the morning of September 5th 1940 a bomb struck West Hill Hospital. It killed 2 nurses and a score of new and expecting mothers. My own mother survived with a fractured skull. All of the newborn, myself among them, survived. I often wonder what happened to all those children who lost their mums, and what became of Sister Gantry who earned a medal for her acts of heroism on that day. Anyone care to respond?
David Burns

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Added 31 December 2009

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By Terry Mc Carthy on Tue Oct 7th 2014, at 10:29 am
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My grandfather Fred Almond was in the fire service crew that day and was commended on his action when he pulled out the survivors and dead from the bombing. The dust and the smoke went on the hinder his lungs for the rest of his life.
By ji27603 on Mon Jan 27th 2020, at 7:51 am
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