Petworth bomb victims are remembered

Staff and pupils from Petworth Primary School, along with residents from the town attended the service which takes place every year at the Horsham Road Cemetery Memorial, to remember all those who died when a German bomb exploded at Petworth Boys School on September 29, 1942.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Oct 2016, 12:29 BST
Updated 25th Oct 2016, 19:11 BST

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Annual memorial service for bombing of Petworth Boys School, remembered by children of Petworth Primary School. Pic Steve Robards SR1628603 SUS-160929-165700001Annual memorial service for bombing of Petworth Boys School, remembered by children of Petworth Primary School. Pic Steve Robards SR1628603 SUS-160929-165700001
Annual memorial service for bombing of Petworth Boys School, remembered by children of Petworth Primary School. Pic Steve Robards SR1628603 SUS-160929-165700001

They remember the 28 boys who were killed along with headmaster Charles Stevenson and assistant teacher Charlotte Marshall.

This year the wreath was laid by primary school pupils George Homewood and Annabel Strange.

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