Heroic Second World War fireman recognised almost seventy years on

A firefighter who attended the Coventry Cathedral blaze during the Second World War has now been awarded a medal for his heroism.

Lionel Clark, who turns 100 in July, was a volunteer fireman during the blitz of Coventry, where over 1,200 people died from German bombardment.

Despite his heroic firefighting during the 1940s, Lionel was never officially recognised – until now.

Lionel lives at the Acorn Lodge Care Home in Nuneaton and spent may years as an employee at the Jaguar Plant at Brown Lane.