{"id":362686,"date":"2026-01-10T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362686\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:23:08","slug":"portsmouth-to-remember-blitz-victims-85-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362686\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth to remember Blitz victims 85 years on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A new plaque will also be revealed on the World War Two monument at the Guildhall Square paying tribute to Jean Louth and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-hampshire-37285480\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">27-year campaign to see the memorial built.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Blitz saw major British towns and cities, including London, targeted repeatedly by the Luftwaffe from September 1940 to May 1941.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is estimated more than 43,500 civilians were killed in the raids and entire neighbourhoods destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Portsmouth, significant landmarks, including the Guildhall and the Royal Garrison Church, were severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Steve Pitt, leader of Portsmouth City Council said: &#8220;As we gather to mark the 85th anniversary of the January Blitz, we honour the strength and resilience shown by the people of Portsmouth during one of the darkest moments in our city&#8217;s history. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These commemorations remind us of the importance of coming together to remember, reflect and ensure future generations understand the sacrifices made.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new plaque will also be revealed on the World War Two monument at the Guildhall Square paying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-362686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}