In the General Discussion forum today, I mentioned the bus crash which Lewis speaks about in the Shadowlands film. Here is what he says according to the book version of the film:
'Yesterday I received a letter that referred to an event that took place nearly a year ago now. December the fourth, 1951... My correspondent hadn't forgotten. I doubt that any of us have. That was the night a Number 1 bus drove into a column of young Royal Marine cadets in Chatham, and killed twenty-four of them. They were ten year old boys, marching and singing on their way to a boxing match. The road was unlit. It was a terrible accident...'
In my post I presumed that the incident was a real one. To find out, I did a little search on the net. Unfortunately, the tragic accident did indeed take place.
501 Chatham marines:
MJM