In the late evening of January 4th 1941, nine
bombs were dropped on Clevedon.
There was only one casualty: 22-year old soldier William
Wraith of Rotherham, stationed at Kingston Seymour, and
serving with the 4th East Yorks, who was walking past the
cinema at the time.
He died in the Cottage Hospital of his injuries the next
day. The blast damage is still clearly visible above the
entrance to the cinema.