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...
Byron was born in Holles Street. House number 24 was the location for the first ever (Royal) Society of Arts plaque, placed in 1868. Per...
Henry James, 1843 - 1916, Writer, lived here 1886 - 1902. London County Council
Vannessa Stephen, Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961, artist, born and lived here until 1904.
The University has a grainy film of the ceremony when this stone was unveiled. It was a very grand occasion, attended by 3,000 people in...
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