Met Olive, she said Mr. Cole had been killed at Aberdeen. ((Not Tony Cole of ARP staff, but George Cole, a Naval Dockyard colleague of my Dad's)).
On way back to Macdonnell Road, a great crater had been made directly across it. The only damage to Peggy's flat was a window pane broken, and the bathroom door broken off, but that was the end of the electric light and the water and telephone. Gas had been turned off previously when a fire threatened the gas mains.
At dusk Peg and I stood on verandah and watched the Japs shelling the Naval Dockyard - the flag was at half-mast for Mr Cole and others.
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