Kennington and Lambeth were hit by 11 V1's and 1 V2 the worst disaster being on the 4th January 1945 when a Rocket struck Morton Place killing 42 people. |
SE11 Kennington and Lambeth |
Kennington Lane |
PostCode |
Borough |
Type |
Area |
Position |
Deaths |
Date |
Time |
Notes |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Lambeth |
|
1 |
30/06/1944 |
09:07 |
The First V1 Flying Bomb to fall on
London SE11 and the first of 2 in close proximity.. 9 houses partially
collapsed. A range of buildings used as workshops a laundry etc in |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Lambeth |
|
13 |
01/07/1944 |
23:35 |
Serious V1 incident which demolished
20 houses and damaged property in an area of about 200 yards square |
SE11 |
Southwark |
V1 |
Kennington |
|
5 |
06/07/1944 |
09:25 |
1st of 2 V1 Flying bombs within a
short distance of each other. This one demolished a factory and badly damaged
a school. 30 houses also badly damaged. |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Kennington |
|
0 |
08/07/1944 |
21:41 |
The V1 Flying bomb struck a direct
hit on a gas holder belonging to the South Metropolitan Gas company. 15 Fire
pumps attended the scene . The |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Lambeth |
St Thomases Hospital N end |
0 |
15/07/1944 |
15:25 |
The V1 struck B Block of St Thomases
Hospital causing severe blast damage . The was also a fire. 40 houses were
damaged in |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Kennington |
Kennington lane |
3 |
18/07/1944 |
16:34 |
The 2nd of the V1's that were to fall
in very close proximity to each other. This one badly damaged 30 houses. |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Lambeth |
Lambeth Road by Lambeth |
1 |
21/07/1944 |
08:14 |
The V1 struck between 115 and |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Lambeth |
Lambeth Reach |
0 |
21/07/1944 |
12:15 |
This V1 is recorded as having fallen
on Lambeth Reach which was either in the |
SE11 |
Southwark |
V1 |
Elephant |
Holyoake Road Dante Road junction |
5 |
29/07/1944 |
14:26 |
This V1 was the 2nd of 2 in very
close proximity. It demolished 20 houses and caused blast damage to 200 others. 2 surface air raid shelters
were partly demolished and partially demolished a circular steel dam of
22,000 gallons (NFS?) |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Kennington |
Kennington Park Road Stannary st
junction |
10 |
16/08/1944 |
16:52 |
This serious V1 incident occurred
when the Flying bomb demolished 10 houses and shops and caused major damage
to a rag warehouse. Property in an area of 100yards square damaged. |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V1 |
Kennington |
Kennington park Road at Kennington
Oval |
10 |
24/08/1944 |
18:38 |
Serious Incident when the V1 struck a
tram depot. 4 tramcars and a bus badly damaged. Alverstone House (flats)
suffered major blast damage. |
SE11 |
Lambeth |
V2 |
Lambeth |
|
42 |
04/01/1945 |
20:29 |
This tragic V2 rocket incident
happened when the missile struck a Surrey Lodge dwellings (a block of flats)
. It also partially demolished Lambeth public baths, partly demolished the
Ideal Cinema, the Mission hall, the l Wesleyan school and Institute .Site
today totally re-developed much of it with 60's tower blocks. |
The devastation at Morton place |