What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: In Memory of Stanley George Clark, 28 yrs, Reginald Morris Hall, 31 yrs, Horace George Sanders, 56 yrs, Frank James Pricket, 35 yrs who died as a result of the bombing of John Cave & Sons Ltd, Boots & Shoe Factory that formerly stood on this site on 3rd October 1940. 3rd October 2020. Recorded plaque organisation: Rushden & District History Society.
Stanley George Clark, Reginald Morris Hall, Horace George Sanders, and Frank James Pricket were workers at the John Cave & Sons Ltd boot and shoe factory in Coventry who died on October 3, 1940, during a German air raid, highlighting the impact of World War II bombings on civilian life.
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