Erection date: 25/11/2009
In memory of the 168 people who died and those injured in the V2 rocket attack that landed here 25th November 1944.
London Borough of Lewisham.
Plaque unveiled by Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham.
SE14, New Cross Road, 277 - 281
Unusually, at this site, there are three plaques commemorating the same event.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 3
The rocket landed on the Woolworth's building at 12.44pm It was a sunny Satur...
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombin...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 3
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Bor...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 3
Remembering Woolworths, 168 people killed in Britain's worst V2 attack, 25th ...
The photograph was taken some years ago and sadly since then, this plaque has...
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borough, even on the same plaque (Harringay / Haringey). Actor J...
Jet Harris MBE, 1939 - 2011, musician, was born at the former Willesden Maternity Hospital which stood on this site. The Heritage Foundation
W.D. Kinnear, 1880 - 1974. Kensington Rowing Club, member 1905 - 1974, President 1964 - 1965 - 1972. Winner of Diamond Sculls 1910 - 19...
This plaque in the foyer of the Institute of Physics can be seen through the window. The very helpful receptionist let us photograph it. ...
Unusually this memorial lists all the men who went to war, not just those who died. The names of the ten who did die are marked with a li...
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