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Memorial for men killed in WW2 bombing raid

The sacrifice of twenty two men who died in a bombing raid on an army camp in Cornwall was remembered

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Families remember 22 killed in bombing raid

The raid took place 74 years ago Credit: ITV News West Country

Relatives came from across the country to this graveyard near Perranporth to remember the victims who died in a bombing raid seventy four years ago this month.

A new memorial now hangs in the local church Credit: ITV News West Country

Twenty two men died in the raid, nineteen of them were buried here.The graves have recently been renovated by a grant from the War Graves Commission."

The raid was carried out on Penhale Army Camp by a lone German bomber.

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