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Plaque for Devonshire Green commemorating the air raids on the City during World War 2

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Ref No:	c02875
Title:	Plaque for Devonshire Green commemorating the air raids on the City during World War 2
Location:	Sheffield_City_Centre
Date:	2006
Date Period:	2000-2019
Photographer:	David Bocking/SLAI
Copyright::	SCC
Notes:	Plaque reads Devonshire Green This open space is dedicated to the memory of those citizens of Sheffield who died on the nights of the 12th, 13th and 15th of December 1940 during aerial bombardment of the City in the Second World War, 1939-45. This stand of five trees was planted by The Lord Mayor of Sheffield (Councillor W. Owen J.P.) on the 14th December 1980 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the raids.
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