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| Flying Bombs and Rockets : SE21 and SE22 Dulwich Incident log |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 20/06/1944 |
| 18:12 |
| The first V1 to fall in Dulwich 8 houses were demolished,55 suffered severe damage and 71 slight damage. The area today around Friern Road and Etherow Street has been totally re-developed as a result of this V1 and the V2 which fell on the 1st November |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| East Dulwich road |
| 22/06/1944 |
| 05:26 |
| This V1 was reported by the fire brigade, somewhere in the East Dulwich Road, it is noted that the only damage was the destruction of public toilets. The exact location is not noted |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 23/06/1944 |
| 02:11 |
| This was the first of four V1's that fell in the sports grounds around Greendale. This one damaged a house and sports pavillion. . |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Lambeth |
| Dulwich |
| 23/06/1944 |
| 04:05 |
| This was The First V1 to fall in Dulwich SE21. Six houses were demolished and 20 damaged by the blast. There was a further V1 in Lovelace Road on the 1st August which fell further up on the North side past Christchurch. Visiting the road today it is difficult to find signs of the damage because the demolished houses have been re-built in exactly the same style as they were previously.However,careful inspection reveals 1940's style brickwork on the flank walls of the houses which have been re-built in the same style as their 1920' neighbours |
| 4 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 26/06/1944 |
| 02:24 |
| This V1 fell on the club house of Dulwich Golf Course and totally destroyed it. There is also a record that War Department buildings were damaged but no further detail was provided. As there was an anti aircraft gun on what is still known as the gun site allotments it would seem likely that they were buildings associated with this installation. The club house has been totally re-built in post war style |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 27/06/1944 |
| 02:33 |
| This V1 stuck near Tollgate house demolishing it and causing much damage to surrounding property. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 30/06/1944 |
| 09:56 |
| This Flying bomb fell on the Old Alleynian Rugby ground, causing damage to surrounding property (presumably in Dulwich Common). |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 30/06/1944 |
| 11:14 |
| This was the first of 4 V1's that fell in a fairly small area of East Dulwich causing widespread damage. 4 houses were demolished and 15 badly damaged in Underhill Road. 2 were demolished and 6 badly damaged and 87 damaged in Henslowe Road. 20 houses and other buildings damaged in Barry Road. Part of this Flying bomb site remains relatively undeveloped and still has 1940's prefabs erected on it. |
| 3 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 01/07/1944 |
| 23:24 |
| The V1 fell in Camberwell Old Cemetery. Surrounding property suffered from blast damage |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Lambeth |
| Dulwich |
| 02/07/1944 |
| 01:14 |
| This V1 caused substantial damage to Elmsworth Grove,Carson Road, Rosendale Road and South Croxted Road. There were no casualties recored. The area has been totally re-developed as the Rosendale Road Estate. This was the first of 5 V1's that were to fall in a fairly small area of West Dulwich causing widespread damage |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 03/07/1944 |
| 08:53 |
| This V1 struck the large Woodhall house which was a Victorian industrialists house in College Road. It was demolished in the incident . The site today has been re-developed as Woodhall Drive. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 04/07/1944 |
| 10:37 |
| The second of 4 V1's that was to fall in the Greendale area. This one fell in the grounds of Bessemer Grange and caused some damage to property. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 05/07/1944 |
| 04:26 |
| This was the second of five V1's that were to fall in this area of West Dulwich causing substantial damage. 8 houses were totally demolished as was the Alleyns Head pub and there was severe damage to 40 others. Today the pub has been re-built on the other side of Park Hall Road and the original pub site re-developed with housing. |
| 3 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 06/07/1944 |
| 06:41 |
| Woodvale 6/7/44 is a bit of a mystery. What is clear is that 14 people, mainly at 1-3 Woodvale,died. What is unclear is whether there were one or 2 V1's. The Fire Brigade clearly show 2 incidents one minute apart but the ARP records only record one bomb. The report for the 06:41 bomb speaks of 6 demolished houses and 50 badly damaged. The 06:42 V1 has 4 demolished and 7 badly damaged. Further confusion arises because the Dulwich Air raid records record 2 of the deaths at number 15. Now this is some way up the road and unlikely to be caused by the V1 which devastated 1-3. So this would point to a second V1, however, I cant see an obvious signs of damage to the large Victorian house.! After 60 years the truth will probably never now be known-unless any reader can throw light on the matter |
| 14 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 06/07/1944 |
| 06:42 |
| SEE 06:41 incident |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 06/07/1944 |
| 09:45 |
| The 3rd of 4 V1's that fell in the Sportsgrounds around Greendale. This one damaged surrounding property. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 07/07/1944 |
| 21:24 |
| This V1 only fell a few hundred feet away from one two days before in Park Hall Road. This one devasted shops and houses around the Park Hall Road/South Croxted Road junction and also caused severe damage to 20 others in South Croxted Road and 14 in Ildersley Grove. No casualties were reported. The results of this can clearly be seen today where shops have been re-built at the junction on both side of South Croxted Road. This was the third V1 of five in the area |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 08/07/1944 |
| 23:23 |
| The Flying bomb fell on open ground in Dulwich Park causing some damage to property. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 10/07/1944 |
| 22:37 |
| The whole of the South Wing of Dulwich College was seriously damaged by this V1. The buildings damaged included the Science block and rifle range. There were 3 injuries. This end of the College was re-built in the 1960's |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 11/07/1944 |
| 17:59 |
| This incident was at the junction of Lordship lane and Court Lane. It was a direct hit on the Fire station and also caused extensive damage to surrounding areas. |
| 1 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 12/07/1944 |
| 21:29 |
| This V1 impacted on the West Side of Dulwich hospital. A boiler house was demolished and a range of hospital buildings suffered severe blast damage. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 13/07/1944 |
| 17:22 |
| The V1 fell in the area behind Dulwich Library at the junction of Lordship lane and Woodwarde Road. It injured 14 people and demolished a church and the priests house in Lordship Lane. The library was partly demolished . 9 shops and 40 houses suffered severe damage in Lordship lane and 50 houses badly damaged in Court Lane. The library has been re-built and the damaged/rebuilt area can clearly be seen. Also of interest is the fact that metal frame replacement windows can still be seen in buildings on the opposite side of Woodward Road |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Lambeth |
| Dulwich |
| 18/07/1944 |
| 22:10 |
| This V1 on South Croxted Road was the 4th of 5 within a very small area. It demolished 3 houses in South Croxted Road and seriously damaged 20 others. . The area today has been re-developed with 60's flats and houses. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 19/07/1944 |
| 07:55 |
| The V1 landed in College Road near the entrance of the modern Frank Dixon way. It demolished 4 houses and caused severe damage to 10 others. There were no casualties. The site was cleared post war and now leads to the Frank Dixon way estate. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 21/07/1944 |
| 02:02 |
| This V1 fell behind the houses that used to stand in Alleyn Park, around the site of the curent Kingswood school. 7 houses suffered severe damage but there were no casualties. The whole of that side of Alleyn Park was demolished post war and replaced with the school and housing. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 21/07/1944 |
| 02:27 |
| The V1 very seriously damaged Sloanes Dulwich Picture Gallery. It has been renovated only in the 1930's. Many paintings were lost although the most important ones had been removed to safe storage. Severe damage was also caused to the Old college and to 4 houses. There was no casualties. After the war the gallery was re-built to the original plans but you can still clearly see variances in the brickwork where the building has been extensively rebuilt |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 21/07/1944 |
| 12:34 |
| The second of 4 V1's that were to fall in a small area of East Dulwich. It demolished 20 houses and badly damaged 52 others. The area has been re-developed with post war housing. |
| 1 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 22/07/1944 |
| 00:59 |
| This V1 fell in Camberwell cemetery near one tree Hill and caused damage to surrounding property but no casualties. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 22/07/1944 |
| 01:00 |
| The V1 struck in Overhill Road on the area now developed as the Dawsons Heights estate. Several large houses were demolished. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 22/07/1944 |
| 11:15 |
| The second V1 to fall in Dulwich Park,causing damage to surrounding property. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Honor Oak |
| 23/07/1944 |
| 01:35 |
| This was the first of 2 V1's that were to fall on Peckham Rye , at the junction of Homestall and Colyton Road. Surrounding property is recorded as having been damaged. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Honor Oak |
| 27/07/1944 |
| 19:30 |
| This V1 fell at more or less the same spot as the one 4 days earlier, in Peckham Rye at the junction of Homestall and Colyton Road. It damaged property . |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Lambeth |
| Dulwich |
| 01/08/1944 |
| 14:16 |
| This was the second V1 to fall in the area the other struck further down just where it become Rosendale on the 23rd June. It demolished 6 houses and badly damaged 40 others. The casulaties were at 32 Lovelace Road. All the houses at this site, and the site of the bomb that fell on the 23rd June have been re-built in a very similar style to the originals |
| 2 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 03/08/1944 |
| 10:24 |
| This was the 3rd of the 4 V1's that were to fall in this small area of East Dulwich, It struck at the South end of Crystal Palace and Darrell roads It demolished 14 houses and shops and caused damaged to 100 others. The area has been re-developed with post-war housing. |
| 3 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 05/08/1944 |
| 16:45 |
| This was a very serious V1 incident, one of the worst in South London. The V1 hit the co-op store at the corner of Northross Road in Lordship Lane. The Co-op and 6 other shops were demolished and 20 houses damaged in Lordship land and 40 in Shawbury Road.A Salvation army hall was also damaged. It is stated in ARP reports held in the public records office that damage extended across a 700 yard radius, greater than the normal blast area. This is probably due to the fact that later V1's were packed with a heavier, more deadly warhead. It was also reported that Anderson shelters in the area stood up well to the blast. Bulldozers were called in to clear the debris and one tram track was cleared by 20.30 of the same day. The whole block where the Coop stood has been re-developed with post war shops. The opposite side of Lordship Lane also shows significant signs of re-building as do houses up Shawbury Road |
| 23 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 06/08/1944 |
| 17:10 |
| The V1 struck in the grounds of Kingswood House, near Sydenham Hill station. There was damage to the station, St Stephens Curch and 3 houses in College Road. The area has been re-developed as the Kingswood Estate |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Dulwich |
| 06/08/1944 |
| 17:15 |
| This V1 fell i Near West Dulwich station in Thurlow Park Road. It caused severe damage to one of the platforms at the station and damaged 40 houses in Thurlow Park Road and Alleyn park. . This was the last of five V1's that were to fall in this area. |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 07/08/1944 |
| 07:31 |
| The 4th of 4 V1's to fall in a small area of East Dulwich causing damage across a wide area. 11 houses were demolished and 70 damaged. The area has been re-developed with 1960's housing. |
| 4 |
| V1 |
| SE21 |
| Lambeth |
| Dulwich |
| 16/08/1944 |
| 17:50 |
| This V1 fell on the East side of Rosendale Road almost opposite Christchurch. This was the 3rd V1 to strike this area, the other two were in nearby Lovelace Road on 23rd June and 1st August. It demolished 4 houses in Rosendale Road and caused damage to 20 others. This side of Rosendale road has been re-developed with the Pymers mead/walker croft mead developments |
| 0 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| Honor Oak |
| 17/08/1944 |
| 17:00 |
| The V1 struck between Therapia and Mundania Road towards the SW end. 8 houses were demolished and a block of flats damaged and 20 houses damaged in Mundania Road. 50 houses were damaged in Therapia Road. In the Forest Hill Road 14 shops/houses were damaged. The gap in the line of Victorian housing in both Therapia and Mundania road is clearly seen today which has been filled with post war flats. |
| 2 |
| V1 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 22/08/1944 |
| 05:00 |
| This V1 in Lordship lane fell on the West side just South of the junction with Townley Road. It demolished 20 houses in Lordship lane and damaged 130 others in Lordship Lane, Beauval Road and Heber Road. The impact site is very clear to see particularly on the West side of Lordship lane where the site is still partly populated with pre-fabs. The other side of the road has also been re-developed post-war. |
| 1 |
| V2 |
| SE22 |
| Dulwich/Camberwell |
| East Dulwich |
| 01/11/1944 |
| 05:13 |
| This was a very serious V2 incident when the Rocket struck at the South East end Of Etherow S |