Service to commemorate Coventry bomb dead
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:01 pmA memorial service is being held in Coventry in honour of seven soldiers who died 70 years ago as they tried to defuse a World War II bomb.
The families of the men are expected to be at the service at Whitley Common, the scene of the explosion.
The seven men, from the Royal Engineers 9th Disposal Company, died when the German bomb exploded while being unloaded.
A plaque dedicated to the soldiers was unveiled at the site two years ago.
