Event   

V1 Flying Bomb - Walthamstow

Categories: Tragedy

The bomb fell just before 10am when shopping was in full swing. Its approach was heard and people in the vicinity took what shelter they could. Some dived into shops and doorways, others into an archway between two shops which led to a motor coach garage. The bomb burst practically opposite this archway, collapsing the two floors above and burying people in the debris. 19 people died at the scene, with a further three deaths in hospital. 144 other casualties were recorded. The photograph shows the site before the bomb fell.

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:
V1 Flying Bomb - Walthamstow

Commemorated ati

V1 Flying Bomb - Walthamstow

In Remembrance On this site on the 16th August 1944 a V1 flying bomb fell res...

Read More

Other Subjects

Marjanne Van Lijnen Noomen

Marjanne Van Lijnen Noomen

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
William Goodrum

William Goodrum

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

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Donna Loraine Croxford

Donna Loraine Croxford

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera epidemic - at least 1,618 Lambeth waterfront residents perished and were buried in unmarked graves in the burial ground in Lambeth High Street, now Lambeth Rec...

Group, Medicine, Tragedy

1 memorial
Yaakov Springer

Yaakov Springer

Weightlifting coach and wrestler. Also known as Yakov, he was born in Poland. During WW2 he took part in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Along with ten other team members, he was murdered by Palestinia...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland

1 memorial