Event    From 28/7/1944  To 28/7/1944

Lewisham V1 rocket attack

Categories: Tragedy

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

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lewisham V1 rocket attack

Commemorated ati

Lewisham V1 rocket attack

Plaque unveiled by Heidi Alexander, M.P. for Lewisham East, and Councillor Al...

Read More

Lewisham V1 rocket attack - original

This brass plaque on the pavement had become badly worn and a new one was ere...

Read More

Other Subjects

Tyburn tree

Tyburn tree

The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....

Place, Execution, Law, Tragedy

5 memorials
Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Peter Desmond Campbell was born on 23 February 1962 and died, aged 18 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New ...

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
Sait Metin

Sait Metin

23 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Martin Burgess

Martin Burgess

Died, aged 31, when a construction crane crashed, along with Peter Clark and Michal Whittard. The BBC reported on the inquest. The crane was on the construction site for the HSBC skyscraper in Can...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Tracy Ann Thomas

Tracy Ann Thomas

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial