Erection date: 21/5/2011
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.
BR2, Southborough Lane, 286, The Crooked Billet Harvester
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crooked Billet - V2 attack
The attack happened when the pub was full of people enjoying a night out. Twe...
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombin...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling and this Newspaper Archive report from the Nor...
Sir Fabian Ware, 1869 - 1949, founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission, lived here 1911 - 1919. English Heritage
Chosen as the featured memorial in May 2005. We know no more about Bob than the plaque provides. This is an example of one type of mem...
The plaque is just visible in our photo, on the dark wall, to the left of the corner, just below the leaves.
Maria Dickin, 1870 - 1951, promoter of animal welfare and founder of the PDSA, was born here. English Heritage
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