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On Thurs. 12 Sep 1940 Lieutenant Robert Davies' company of the British R.....

1940-09-12

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Lieutenant Robert Davies' company of the British Royal Engineers successfully removed an unexploded one-ton bomb from the southwestern corner of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom and then brought it to the countryside to detonate it. Davies and fellow sapper George Wylie were awarded the George Cross medals.

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