WWII attack on a factory which killed 24 people. The memorial gives details of the event.
Our picture is a contemporary drawing of the aftermath of the disaster.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Nunhead Lane V1 rocket
Commemorated ati
Nunhead Lane V1 rocket
In memory of the 24 people who died from a V1 missile strike at this site on ...
Other Subjects
Arding and Hobbs 1909 fire
Built in 1885 Arding and Hobbs department store was the largest south of the River. See Neighbour for a photo of the building. It was destroyed by a fire on 20 December 1909. Newspapers from the ...
1 memorial
Betty Afua Agyapong
Betty Afua Agyapong was born on 3 April 1955. She died, aged 32 years, in the King's Cross Underground Station fire on 18 November 1987 and was buried on 5 December 1987 in the Royal Borough of Ken...
1 memorial
Sydenham air raid
After losing too many Zeppelins, the Germans started using Gotha aircraft for bombing raids. Sydenham was one of the last raids of the war. The newly formed RAF put up considerable resistance, dest...
1 memorial
Elizabeth Stride
Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride is believed to have been the third victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Born Elizabeth Gustafsdotter near Gothenburg in Sweden. She was on...
1 memorial
Alexander Stewart Brown
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
1 memorial
Previously viewed
1 memorial
Captain Robert Hansler
JP for Middlesex. At Rootschat we found a "Captain Robert Jacob Hansler, a magistrate for Middlesex" He was the eldest son of Sir John Jacob Hansler (1788 -1867) and Maria (d.1858), daughter of Mr ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Councillor David Avery
David James Avery was born on 2 December 1933, the third of the five children of Frederick Joseph Avery (1897-1988) and Ethel Maud Avery née Lambert (1901-1984) whose birth was registered in the St...
2 memorials
Harpinder Singh Narula
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Harpinder Singh Narula was born in December 1953 in India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page gives some information about this man.
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them