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Members of the Auxiliary Fire Service worked alongside regular firemen during World War Two to deal with the fires caused by German bombing raids. The Blitz started in the summer of 1940 and caused widespread devastation around the country.

During the Blitz in Derby - June 25, 1940, to July 9, 1941 - 28 civilians were killed in their homes, at work and in the streets of Derby. Another 22 died in the Rolls-Royce raid in July, 1942. Only one person died after that raid. That was Henry John Norman Rowe (47). He was injured on June 15, 1944, at Ashbourne Airfield. He died the same day in Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.

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