Barton Gas Works
June 1942 · Torquay, Devon
View this record on the map →- Date
- June 1942
- Record type
- Historic bombing area
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 1
- Location
- Torquay, Devon
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, area-level point only (exact site not verified)
What happened
A Home Guard gunner was killed when the gas works at Barton were bombed — one of three Torquay Home Guard members to die by enemy action during the war.
Casualty note
Gunner C. R. Crocker of the 10th (Torbay) Battalion, Devonshire Home Guard.
Also worth knowing
Coordinate caveat: placed at Barton on the strength of the memorial inscription alone. The precise works location has not been confirmed against a wartime map and should be corrected before this point is relied on.