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Dennis BLANKSBY, Walter S CLINGO, Owen J POWELL, Jack WAIT, Albert MONTGOMERY. Dennis TIMMINS.

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Dennis BLANKSBY. Private 7379046, Royal Army Medical Corps died 25th April 1942 aged 27. Son of Edward and May Blanksby, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and husband of Gladys Ypres, nee Hebden , of Chesterfield Derbyshire. Denis, always lovingly remembered by his wife Gladys, father, mother and family.

Walter Sidney CLINGO, Lance-Corporal 7385258, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Son of Harvey Victor and Mabel Clingo, and the husband of Edith Louisa , nee Crompton, of Rubery, Birmingham.
On the 25th April 1942 German Stuka Dive Bombers attacked 39 General Hospital, St Andrews Barracks Pembroke, Malta with 500 to 2000 lb bombs. He and six other men from the hospital were killed in the second attack at 12-15 when a 2000 lb bomb his their slit trench near E block. He was aged 30 years.

Owen John POWELL. Corporal 7265613, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Husband of Eleanor Louise Powell, nee Newman who he married, June Quarter 1935 in the registration district of Grimsby, Lincolnshire
On the 25th April 1942 German Stuka Dive Bombers attacked 39 General Hospital, St Andrews Barracks Pembroke, Malta with 500 to 2000 lb bombs. He and six other men from the hospital were killed in the second attack at 12-15 when a 2000 lb bomb his their slit trench near E block.

Dennis TIMMINS, 7259501, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps.
On the 25th April 1942 German Stuka Dive Bombers attacked 39 General Hospital, St Andrews Barracks, Pembroke, Malta with 500 to 2000 lb bombs. He and six other men from the hospital were killed in the second attack at 12-15 when a 2000 lb bomb his their slit trench near E block.
Remembered always by his loving wife, Grace Nellie Marie, nee Cole and daughter, Denise Venetia.
Wills and Admin, Ancestry.co.uk) He lived at 64 Grove Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire and died 25th April 1942 on war service. He was born on the 9th February 1905 at Sheffield to Albert and Alice nee Atkin of 47 West Street, Beighton, near Rotherham, Shefield. His father was Private 15750, Coldstream Guards, enlisted on the 13th March 1915 aged 34 and 8 months and 4 days. His effects went to Grace Nellie Marie Timmins, his widow.

Jack WAIT, Corporal 7390794, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Born 1920 Yorkshire to John and Dorothy Wait.
On the 25th April 1942 German Stuka Dive Bombers attacked 39 General Hospital, St Andrews Barracks Pembroke, Malta with 500 to 2000 lb bombs. He and six other men from the hospital were killed in the second attack at 12-15 when a 2000 lb bomb his their slit trench near E block.

Albert John MONTGOMERY, 1st Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy.
Resided with his wife Eugenie Louise at 22 Grenfield Street, St Julian's Malta.
Died 26th April 1942 aged 41 at 39 General Hospital, Pembroke, Malta St Paul's Hutments. When a portion of a wall of a ward in I Block collapsed after sustaining a direct hit by enemy bombs.
He was classed as a civilian and not a war casualty, although he and others like him were on ships conveying vital supplies to the military and civilian population.

All at rest in Pembroke Military Cemetery Plot 1 Row 4 Grave 26
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All died in the bombing of St Andrews Barracks when No 39 General Hospital received a direct hit and was demolished and No 45 General hospital (Sandhurst Block St Andrews) sustained damage.

On 25 April 1942, three concentrated attacks were made by a large number of dive bombers dropping 500 to 2000 lb bomb on the hospital area. No 39 General Hospital was destroyed. That morning, at 7:15 hrs, the kitchen and dining room were the first to be hit killing a cook, Pte Denis Blanksby, and wounding the kitchen staff (Sgt Johnson, Cpl Spence, Pte Anderson, Pte Crowther, LCpl Fineberg).

Several patients and staff were injured in the slit trenches. Among these were Captain Vincenzo Tabone, a future president of the Republic of Malta, Cpl Jones and LCpl Searby. Bed patients were transferred to 45 General Hospital.

No 39 General hospital was attacked a second time at 12:45 hrs, when seven men of 39 General Hospital (J Wait, O J Powell, W S Clingo, S Sage, J G Searle, D Timmins, W R Logue) were killed when a 2000 lb bomb hit their slit trench near E block.

A third attack took place at 17:45 hrs causing further damage. There were 227 patients in hospital on the day of the attack with 30 bed bound patients. The total killed at 39 General Hospital were eight RAMC other ranks and four patients, and injured were 14 patients, 9 RAMC other ranks and 3 attached staff. No shelters were available other than slit trenches, and the hospital relied on its Red Cross display for its immunity from attack.

In the same attack, No 45 General hospital received collateral damage. E R Palmer QAIMNSR was on duty alone in the officers' ward in I Block of No 45 General hospital, when a bomb exploded in the ward. A portion of the wall and roof collapsed killing 1st Engineer A Montgomery Merchant Navy who was an inpatient.
 

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