Memorial

Bristol Blitz Memorial

Bristol Blitz memorials

Source: Copyright War Memorial Trust - Reference WMO/198807

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Current Location

Access via Newgate Street near junction with Union Street, ST PETERS CHURCH (RUINS), Newgate St, Bristol, Bristol, Avon, BS1 3XE, England

ST 59121 73104

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 20013
Description: The bombed-out ruins of St Peter's Church is kept as a memorial. On North-Western exterior wall a black slate tablet remembers the citizens who died. Below the tablet a separate (presumably later) memorial comprising 5 rectangular adjoined metal plaques fixed to a backboard. Top plaque describes memorial in white raised lettering flanked by 2 Bristol coats of arms. The other 4 plaques list the names of those who died in white lettering.
Inscription: Earlier slate tablet: IN MEMORY OF THE CITIZENS OF BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO DIED IN THE BLITZ DURING THE 1939-1945 WAR. Later plaques: CIVILIANS AND AUXILIARY PERSONNEL/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREATER BRISTOL AREA/DURING AIR RAIDS CARRIED OUT BETWEEN/JUNE 1940 AND MAY 1944/THEY LIVE IN THE MEMORY OF THE LIVING/(APPROX. 1300 NAMES)

Tablet

Height: 750MM

Width: 600MM

Made from: Slate - Welsh

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Slate - Welsh

Condition: Good