What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near here stood 141 Station Road, damaged in a bombing raid on 16th August 1940 killing the commanding officer of Thatcham Army Ordnance Depot, G45 Lieutenant Colonel V. W. Urquhart MC. Recorded plaque organisation: Thatcham Town Council.
Lieutenant Colonel V. W. Urquhart, awarded the Military Cross, was the commanding officer of Thatcham Army Ordnance Depot when he died in a bombing raid on August 16, 1940, highlighting the risks faced by military personnel during World War II.
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