St Helen's Church, Benson
St Helen's Church, Benson
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November 2, 2020
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It has a single clock face on the east-facing side with hours displayed in Roman numerals.
The clock face erroneously has the nine o'clock marker painted as XI. The eleven o'clock marker is also XI.
This mistake gained fame during the Second World War when Germany's English-speaking propaganda broadcaster, William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) promised an air raid on "an airfield near the village whose clock had two elevens". RAF Benson was bombed soon afterwards.
Cit. bensingtonhistory.org/benson-church-records
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