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- ↑ "Old Palace School, Auxiliary fire service sub station, London, 19th April 1941". Fire Brigades Union. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ↑ "Air Raiders' Severe Attack". East London Advertiser. 26 April 1941. p. 1.
Firemen killed when sub-station was hit
- ↑ "Ten Die In Bombed A.F.S. Post". The Daily Mirror. 21 April 1941.
A school used as an A.F.S. station was split in half by a heavy bomb. Already six firemen, two telephonists and two young messenger boys have been extricated - dead.
- ↑ "In Loving Memory - Old Palace School Bombing". Old Palace School Bombing. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.