Flying Bombs and Rockets : London SE24.Herne Hill Log

The London SE24,Herne Hill area escaped relatively lightly from the V weapon attacks. 5 V1's fell in the area and no V2's are recorded. About 6
people died in the attacks.. The most obvious V weapon site in Herne Hill is in Stradella road where the line of Edwardian houses can be seen to be
interrupted by post war development half way up the West side. Equally in Guernsey Grove the damage area is clearly defined by re-development.
In Burbage Road the effect is more subtle. The demolished houses shown below have been re-built in an identical style to their neighbours which were
seriously damaged. The Carver Road site is also harder to detect. However careful inspection of the Edwardian houses on the South side reveal a
slightly different style in the re-built houses.

V1's and V2's SE24

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Burbage Road
near the junction
with Turney
Road 22nd June
1944 and the
same scene in
2005

Next area : SE25

Guernsey Grove Herne Hill
27th July 1944. This is taken
from the gardens of the
houses. The picture below is
taken from the opposite
direction in 2005. On the far
left is the end of the original
line of terraces.

PostCode

PostCode	Borough	Type	Area	Position	Deaths	Date	Time	Notes
SE24	Dulwich/Camberwell	V1	Dulwich	Junction Turney Road and Burbage Road North East side	4	22/06/1944	04:43	The First V1 to fall in SE24 at the junction of Burbage Road and Turney Road. 4 houses were demolished (In Burbage Road). 10 were severely damaged and 83 slightly damaged in Burbage Road,111 in Turney Road The houses in Burbage Road have been re-built in the original style. Their vintage is however betrayed by their 1940's metal windows. The neighbouring properties have been repaired.
SE24	Dulwich/Camberwell	V1	Herne Hill	Carver Road	1	10/07/1944	21:00	The V1 fell on the South side of Carver Road, about half way up. 6 houses were demolished and 50 badly damaged. The houses have been re-built in a similar style although a close inspection will reveal differences which illustrate their history.
SE24	Lambeth	V1	Herne Hill	Guernsey Grove/South Croxted Road	0	27/07/1944	01:22	The V1 fell in Guernsey Grove on the North West side of the Croxted Road junction. 6 houses were demolished and 20 badly damaged in Guernsey Grove. 3 rail arches damaged and 10 houses damaged in Rosendale Road The impact area can clearly be seen as the site has been re-developed as a post war style housing estate
SE24	Dulwich/Camberwell	V1	Herne Hill	Stradella Road South West Side	1	11/08/1944	07:29	The V1 struck in Stradella Road on the West Side. . 6 houses were demolished and 30 damaged. 20 houses damaged in South Croxted Road as well as railway arches. The V site today has been in-filled with 60's flats.
SE24	Lambeth	V1	Brixton	Half Way up West side Shakespeare Road (North Side)	0	23/08/1944	20:56	The V1 fell about half way up Shakespeare Road on the West side. 4 houses were demolished and 40 damaged.