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- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
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The bombed-out ruins of St Peter's Church in Castle Park are kept as Bristol's memorial to its civilian war dead. Gutted by fire in the Bristol Blitz of 24-25 November 1940, the church was preserved as a monument; tablets on its walls name around 1,300 civilians and auxiliary personnel killed in the air raids on the city between 1940 and 1944.
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What this page does not claim
- This is a civilian Blitz memorial for the people of Bristol, not a Soviet or convoy-specific memorial.
- Names of individuals are listed on the memorial itself; this discovery record does not reproduce them.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the Bristol Blitz memorial at St Peters Church, Castle Park (civilian dead, 1940-1944).archived ↗
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