In the midst of the war, prayer

Sunday March 23rd 1941 and servicemen crowd into St James's Church for the National Day of Prayer, called at the height of wartime hostilties.

Many of the men are from the Home Guard Unit of the Southern Railway, The photo features in a book about that unit shown to me today by Peter on a funeral visit. I am grateful to him for this fascinating insight into Bermondsey history and the reminder that as the bombs rained down on London, a nation prayed.