- Contributed by
- kenneth1920
- People in story:
- 15 Bomb Disposal Company RE
- Location of story:
- North West London
- Background to story:
- Army
- Article ID:
- A2790560
- Contributed on:
- 28 June 2004
In 1942 I was a sapper with 15 Bomb Disposal Company RE and we had dug down to an unexploded bomb in North-West London and, having exposed the fuse, were waiting for our officer, Lieut. Rumsey, to come and de-fuse it.
While we were eating our sandwich lunch, at a distance from the bomb, a man came up and spoke to the sergeant. “Is there really a bomb down there?” “Yes, the officer is coming to take the fuse out, then we will lift the bomb out and take it away.” “Well be very careful with it, I’ve got a very valuable piano in the flat over there”…..
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