Clifford R. Cooksley blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this place Clifford R. Cooksley died while bravely carrying out his duties as a Civil Defence Messenger during a major bombing raid on May 30th 1943. Clifford aged 16, of no. 22 Princes Street, Babbacombe, was the youngest Civil Defence Messenger killed in our area. Recorded plaque organisation: Torbay Civic Society.

Clifford R. Cooksley, aged 16, died while serving as a Civil Defence Messenger during a bombing raid on May 30th, 1943; he is remembered as the youngest such messenger killed in his area during World War II.