The granddaughter of a Penzance firefighter killed by a bomb in World War Two has laid a wreath in his memory.

Pip Ainsworth laid the wreath under a newly installed plaque in St James Street, Penzance in memory of her grandfather, firefighter Jack Michell.

Jack tragically lost his life whilst on duty on June 8, 1941. A delayed action bomb exploded in St James Street, after darkness had fallen.

Jack Michell was a member of the auxiliary fire service in Penzance during World War Two and a member of the family of a firm of jewellers in the town, Pip laid the wreath on behalf of her mother Yvonne (nee Michell) who is 89.

Falmouth Packet: Jack Michell 1905-1941Jack Michell 1905-1941 (Image: Supplied)

Yvonne, the daughter of Jack Michell, was only seven years of age when her father failed to return home. Yvonne still remembers that day with sadness.

The incident report from June 12 1941 said: "Emerging at very great speed from a belt of low-lying cloud, an enemy raider swept low over a south west town during daylight on Sunday evening, dropping five bombs as a result of which nine people have lost their lives and several others are injured and in hospital.

"The attack took the majority of persons completely by surprise and people were pursuing their normal occupations where the bombs fell in the centre of a residential district."

Four houses in a terrace were completely demolished and widespread damage has been caused over a considerable area. Further damage was caused when a delayed action bomb burst later in the evening.

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Eighty-two years after the tragedy, the fire Brigades Union honoured his memory with a red plaque funded by the fire fighters 100 Lottery.

The red plaque was unveiled by Val Hampshire, Fire Brigades Union South West Executive Council Member.