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 V1 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth Holyoake Road Brook Drive 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 Brook Drive badly damaged. 200 houses and buildings damaged in Brook Drive and neighbouring thoroughfares. 1
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V1 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth 01/07/1944 23:35 Serious V1 incident which demolished 20 houses and damaged property in an area of about 200 yards square 13
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V1 SE11 Southwark Kennington Kennington Lane around the junction with Vauxhall street 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. 5
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V1 SE11 Lambeth Kennington Montford Place 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 Haywards pickle factory was damaged by blast and fire. 8 houses were demolished and surrounding property badly damaged. 0
V1 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth St Thomases Hospital N end 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 Lambeth Palace Road. The Hospital was re-built post war with typical 1960's blocks at this end of the complex. 0
V1 SE11 Lambeth Kennington Kennington lane Tate St around the junction with Vauxhall street 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. 3
V1 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth Lambeth Road by lambeth High St S Side 21/07/1944 08:14 The V1 struck between 115 and 127 Lambeth Road. It caused major damage to the Eldorado Ice Cream company building and substantional blast damage to other buildings in the vicinity. 1
V1 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth Lambeth Reach 21/07/1944 12:15 This V1 is recorded as having fallen on Lambeth Reach which was either in the Thames or on the Bank. There was blast damage to the Petroleum board,Lambeth Council , Hovis and the NFS. 0
V1 SE11 Southwark Elephant Hollyoak Road Dante Road junction 29/07/1944 14:26 This V1 was the 2nd of 2 in very close proximity. It demolished 20 houses and caused blast damated to 200 others. 2 surface air raid shelters were partly demolished and partially demolished a circular steel dam of 22,000 gallons (NFS?) 5
V1 SE11 Lambeth Kennington Kennington Park Road Stannary st junction 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 wharehouse. Property in an area of 100yards square damaged. 10
V1 SE11 Lambeth Kennington Kennington park Road at Kennington Oval 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. 10
V2 SE11 Lambeth Lambeth Morton Place not  on map but at Lambeth North 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 hal, the l Wesleyan scholl and Institue .Site today totally re-developed much of it with 60's tower blocks. 42