Plaque on Queen Victoria's statue near Leamington Town Hall

The plaque records "A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth on the 14th. November 1940". The bomb is believed to have been a stray, or jettisoned. The night of the 14 November was the first blitz that devastated the centre of Coventry (the second was 8 April 1941). The commemoration has been noted by fellow-contributors: SP3165 : Queen Victoria's Statue, SP3165 : We are amused and SP3165 : Victoria and the Town Hall.

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