George Cameron Wyllie,Wyllie's name was misspelt "Wylie" in his London Gazette citation, Michael Ashcroft, George Cross Heroes, 2010 GC (25 December 1908 – 1 February 1987) of the Royal Engineers was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 12 September 1940 when a bomb fell near St Paul's Cathedral in Deans Yard. It took three days to dig the bomb out of soft soil, work made even more dangerous by a fire at a fractured gas main. Wylie and his team placed the recovered bomb on a lorry, which was driven to Hackney Marshes, where the bomb was detonated, leaving a crater wide.
The citation from a supplement to The London Gazette of 27 September 1940 (dated 30 September 1940) reads:
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Further reading
Jappy, Melanie (2001) Danger UXB Channel Four Books.
External links Royal Engineers bomb disposal history page