Photograph used with the kind permission of Phil Carradice

Part II

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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.

Documents courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

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How long did it take, after the ‘event’, before this particular

claims bill was paid ?

How much did it cost for this particular claims investigation to

take place?

Document courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: D/ROC/419

One farmers claim for loss of animals, crops and use of land as pasture

According to this document were all farmers automatically awarded

damages for all that they claimed for?

Document courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office

Taken from Wales and the Second World War by Phillip Tapper and Susan Hawthorne, 1991

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

Image courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: HDX/101/14Image courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: HDX/101/64

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.

“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.

Discuss:

Why do you think that the Luftwaffe targeted Pembroke Dock?

Discuss:

Why do you think that the Luftwaffe targeted Pembroke Dock?

A = Oil Tanks

B = Fort/Barracks

C = Sunderland and Catalina Flying Boat Station

The bombs did not always hit military targets!

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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

Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: PEM/SE/102

What has worried

this person so much

that they have decided

to write directly to the

Town Clerk in

Pembroke Dock?

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

Courtesy of Pembrokeshire Record Office, Ref: PEM/SE/102

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?

What were the consequences of the bombing of Pembroke Dock

during World War Two by the Luftwaffe?

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Damage Caused

Injuries and Fatalities

Expense

Disruption

Personal Loss and Trauma