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Vollasky House

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Vollasky House
This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council and was named after Alderman Abraham (Alf) Vollasky (1898 - 1945) who was killed at Hughes Mansions in Vallance Road on 27th March 1945, as a result of the last V2 rocket attack on London.
Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH

Site: Vollasky House (1 memorial)

E1, Daplyn Street, Vollasky House

Note: This is not the site where the V2 fell, that is Hughes Mansions, 2 streets over to the east, where there is another plaque.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Vollasky House

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Hughes Mansions

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V1 and V2 rockets

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Stepney Borough Council

Former London borough which is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Abraham Vollasky

Alderman. Killed in the V2 rocket attack on Hughes Mansions. His wife Sarah w...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Vollasky House

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Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd

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