Event    From 19/5/1918  To 19/5/1918

Sydenham air raid

Categories: Tragedy

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, destroying many of the planes. A 100kg bomb fell on the corner of Sydenham Road and Fairlawn Park. It killed eighteen people including five soldiers, and destroyed several businesses. More information at Running Past.

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:
Sydenham air raid

Commemorated ati

Hither Green and Sydenham WW1 air raids

An earlier memorial had become indecipherable and was replaced by this one in...

Read More

Other Subjects

Helen Katherine Jones

Helen Katherine Jones

28-year-old chartered accountant, died as she travelled to work on the Piccadilly line, the only Scot killed in the 7 July bombings.  Read about the Memorial Scholarship set up in her name. Our col...

Person, Tragedy, Scotland

3 memorials
Balham Station bombing

Balham Station bombing

During World War 2 Balham was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. At 20:02 on 14 October 1940, a 1400kg semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on...

Event, Tragedy

3 memorials
Fm. Terence Breen

Fm. Terence Breen

Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Breen: Fireman Terence Joseph Patrick Breen was born on 19 May 1932 and his birth was registered in Stepney. He was a s...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
William Fisher

William Fisher

For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Marc Gajardo

Marc Gajardo

British, killed by the Bali bomb, age 30.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial