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World War II veteran commemorated as heroic saviour of City Hall on 100th birthday

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Cardiff Council has honoured a man who saved City Hall from destruction when he tackled a bomb dropped on its roof during a German air raid during World War II.

Cardiff Council has honoured a man who saved City Hall from destruction when he tackled an incendiary bomb dropped on its roof during a German air raid during World War II.

Scaling a drainpipe with sandbags in hand, Mr Brignall extinguished flames caused by an incendiary bomb. Despite local acclaim at the time, his heroism went officially unrecognised Driven to contribute further to the war effort, Mr Brignall served as an official fire-watcher and later joined the RAF, participating in crucial operations like Operation Varsity in 1945.

record. We only knew of his heroics in Cardiff on that day because he’d kept some newspaper cuttings from the time."

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