flying bomb (V1/V2)
(1944-1945)

thing and bomb

Died aged c. 1

Commemorated on 10 plaques

The first flying bomb on London fell here 13 June 1944

Railway Bridge, Grove Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets, E3, London, United Kingdom where it fell

In memory of the 168 people who died and those injured in the V2 rocket attack that landed here 25th November 1944

Iceland, formerly Woolworths, 277-281 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

SER Blackfriars Station This is the entrance to the former Blackfriars Station. Commenced by the Charing Cross Railway Co. on its line from London Bridge to Charing Cross, it was taken over by the South Eastern Railway Co. before opening in January 1864. Closure came five years later when the South Eastern Railway opened its Waterloo Station (now Waterloo East). The glazed brick bridge abutments show evidence of bomb damage from the Blitz of 1940 and a V2 rocket in December 1944. Buildings in the surrounding area were damaged beyond repair, including The Ring boxing arena, formerly the Surrey Chapel, on the site of 197 Blackfriars Road.

Blackfriars Road, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

On the 22nd January 1945 at 2.35pm the last V2 long range rocket to hit Kingston fell near this spot. resulting in the deaths of 8 persons and causing injury to 117 more. A total of 33 homes were destroyed and over 2,000 more were damaged, making it the most severe and widespread incident of World War II in the Royal Borough

Corner of King’s Road and Park Road, Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom where it landed (1945)

Remembering Woolworths. 168 people killed. Britain's worst V2 attack 25th November 1944

Iceland, formerly Woolworths, 277-281 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

In memory of all those killed and injured at this site by a V2 rocket which destroyed the Crooked Billet on Sunday 19th November 1944. Not forgotten.

Harvester Restaurant, Southborough Lane, Bromley, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

In memory of the 51 people who died and the many injured as a result of the V1 rocket that landed here 28th July 1944

M&S, 122 Lewisham High Street, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

In memory of the 26 people who lost their lives, the 150 injured, and the many bereaved when a Vergeltungswaffe Eins V1 Flying Bomb destroyed Highbury Corner at 12.46pm, 27th June, 1944

Highbury Corner, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

In memory of the 74 American military personnel of the United States Army and three civilians who were killed on the 3rd July 1944 by a 'V1' flying bomb in Sloane Court East / Turks Row. We will remember them

Turk's Row, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)

This plaque commemorates the fifty-one people killed by a V1 flying bomb which landed on the market place in Lewisham High Street on the 28th June 1944

pavement outside M&S, Lewisham High Street, London, United Kingdom where it landed (1944)