Image: A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D7216
Description: A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 A priest, probably Father Dixon, stands in the roofless shell of St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, on the corner of St George's Road and Lambeth Road in Southwark, South East London. The Cathedral was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb attack which gutted the building on 16 April 1941. The photograph is taken from the altar end of the building, looking back down the nave towards the door.
Title: A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D7216
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//42/media-42127/large.jpg This is photograph D 7216 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
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