If you visit Hither Green Cemetery you will find a communal grave with the memorial plaque, "Sacred to the memory of the 38 children and 6 teachers who were killed when Sandhurst Road School was bombed by a lone German aeroplane on Wednesday, 20 January 1943".
The media reported that 7000 people attended the funeral and Eric's parents are pictured leading the bereaved.
Eric recalls the traumatic meeting that took place by chance some time afterwards between his mother and the foster parents who had looked after his sister, Kitty, in Wales, when they came to lay flowers at the grave in her memory.
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