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, installed by the generous support of Marks and Spencer.
This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was erected on a nearby wall.
SE13, Lewisham High Street, 122, Marks and Spencer
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original
The worst V1 attack on South London. The rocket struck the busy street market...
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombin...
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original
Retail group specialising in clothing and food, founded by Michael Marks and ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original
Plaque unveiled by Heidi Alexander, M.P. for Lewisham East, and Councillor Al...
East Street Market formerly East Lane Market, moved from Walworth Road to its current site in 1880 for the construction of an electric tr...
Designed by J. P. Gandy-Deering in 1830 as a non-conformist school in what was then known as Watkins Place. It later housing the Pimlico ...
Greater London Council Lord Lugard, 1858-1945, colonial administrator, lived here, 1912-1919.
The plaque was not there when we first visited the site. We have returned several times over the years in case a replacement has been ere...
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...
The original Adelphi was a large development, even in modern terms. Most of the streets were named after the Adam brothers as was the who...
J. R. Ackerley, 1896 - 1967, writer and literary editor, lived here, 1941 - 1967. The Putney Society
Born Whiston, near Rotherham. Architect & town planner. With his partner Barry Parker he designed Letchworth Garden City in 1903 and Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1907. Died in Connecticut, where ...
The Historic Southwark plaque is on the street frontage beside the less ornate entrance. The other, round, plaque is inside, high on the ...
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