Jack Michell
Auxiliary Fire Service 1938 -1941
Age
36

Rank / Role
Leading Fireman

Brigade/Service
AFS - Penzance

Cause of death
Explosion of delayed action bomb.

Location died
Near St James Street, Penzance

Current Fire Authority
Cornwall

Further information

Bomb exploded some time after a single raider raid on the town. Jack had spent three days dealing with fires in Plymouth and had returned home, but responded to assist with the raid on his own town.

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