The worst V1 attack on South London. The rocket struck the busy street market at 09.41 on a Friday morning. Numbers reported vary, but about 52 people were killed and 124 very seriously injured. The force of the blast destroyed shops on both sides of the High Street.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham V1 rocket attack
Plaque unveiled by Heidi Alexander, M.P. for Lewisham East, and Councillor Al...
This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was ere...
Adrian Johnson was born 9 May 1968, his birth being registered in the Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, registration district. He grew up in Skegby, Nottinghamshire and was married with two children. He ...
Killed by a Greggs delivery vehicle at about 21.20 on a Friday evening, aged 26. The lorry was turning left into Bloomsbury Square (some yards west of the site of the ghost bike). Came here fro...
Ihab Slimane was born on 19 June 1981 in Lyons, France, and came to the UK in June 2005 to improve his English. He set up home near Finsbury Park and was working as a waiter at Gabrielle's, a Frenc...
His obituary in the BMJ includes a poem in Latin. For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
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