Railway arch shelter, Woolston
26 September 1940 · Southampton, Hampshire
View this record on the map →- Date
- 26 September 1940
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 7
- Location
- Southampton, Hampshire
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, approximate point
What happened
About twenty people sheltering in a disused brick tunnel in the railway embankment were buried when a bomb collapsed the entrance. Rescuers dug survivors out by hand despite an unexploded bomb nearby, and recovery of the dead continued for almost 24 hours.