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501 Chatham Marines

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501 Chatham Marines

Postby Guest » July 22nd, 2004, 8:01 am

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.

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