January 1945
In this table the data contained in columns marked – No, Date, Time, Place, Map Reference and Crater -is our transcription of the data in AIR 20/4126 at The National Archives.
The data in – Place Other, Killed and Injured – we have collected from various publications, lists and information from contributors.
Where a “§” appears in the LT column you can find further details on the V2 Rocket website including Launch Time, where fired from and launching Unit.
For date column of the 1,119 incidents logged in AIR 20/4126 – 366 of the incidents have been hand annotated with the letter “N”, 250 with the letter “K”, 66 with “?”, 19 with “Kew Failed”, 26 with “Dud Lighting” and 392 with no annotation at all. Therefore in this column we have added the corresponding letter, question mark or left blank – for “Kew Failed we have put “KF” and “DL” for “Dud lighting”. If anybody has any idea what these annotations represent we would be very grateful if they could share that information with us. Likewise if anybody knows what “Off Map” reresents we would be grateful for an explanation.
No | Date | L T | Time | Place | Place other | Map Reference | Crater | Killed | Injured |
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419 | ? 01-01-45 | § | 01:55 | Laindon | Laindon, Essex. | M 123 082 | 47' x 12' | ||
420 | K 01-01-45 | § | 04:58 | Leyton | Leyton | L 840 082 | 23' diameter | ||
421 | K 01-01-45 | § | 05:25 | Halstead | in a wood at Halstead | Q 933 812 | 34' x 11' | ||
422 | K 01-01-45 | § | 06:22 | Sandon | Sandon, Essex. | Off Map L 788 540 | Not Available | ||
423 | ? 01-01-45 | § | 08:52 | Off Foulness | Sea off Foulness. | Off Map M 5010 approx | In Sea | ||
424 | ? 01-01-45 | § | 20:40 | Off Clacton | East Bradwell | Off Map M 9020 approx | In Sea | ||
425 | ? 02-01-45 | § | 03:35 | Barnes | Barnes | Q 666 972 | In reservoir | ||
426 | K 02-01-45 | § | 09:20 | Cheshunt | Waltham Cross | L 805 197 | 31' x 7' | ||
427 | K 02-01-45 | § | 12:15 | Beckenham | Midland Bank's Sportsground, Lennard Road, Beckenham | Q 808 895 | 41' diameter | 14 | |
428 | ? 02-01-45 | § | 15:35 | Greenwich | Home Guard AA gun battery, Blackheath | Q 840 958 | 35' diameter | 7 | |
429 | N 02-01-45 | § | 15:46 | Doddinghurst | Doddinghurst | M 035 153 | 45' x 14' | ||
430 | K 02-01-45 | § | 18:20 | Bulls Green | Stapleford | L 723 362 | 25' x 12' | ||
431 | N 02-01-45 | § | 18:51 | Ramsden Heath | Ramsden Heath | M 158 142 | Airburst | ||
432 | K 02-01-45 | § | 21:42 | Greenwich | open ground off Broad Walk, Kidbrooke | Q 860 954 | 38' x 9' | ||
433 | K 03-01-45 | § | 03:32 | Chelmsford | Billericay, Essex. | M 157 233 | 36' x 9' | ||
434 | K 03-01-45 | § | 08:39 | Edmonton | Edmonton | L 781 143 | 33' x 6' | ||
435 | N 03-01-45 | § | 08:50 | Chelsea | Chelsea | Q 723 973 | 18' x 3' | ||
436 | 03-01-45 | § | 13:05 | Southminster | Southminster. | Off Map M 418 173 | 54' x 14' | ||
437 | 03-01-45 | § | 18:51 | Sheering | Harlow / Sheering | L 9233 | Airburst | ||
438 | 03-01-45 | § | 20:03 | Tonbridge | Tonbridge | R 021 643 | 48' diameter | ||
439 | 03-01-45 | § | 23:50 | Hornsey | Hornsey. | L 737 083 | 39' x 12' | ||
440 | 04-01-45 | § | 04:19 | Hoddesdon | Hoddesdon | L 815 300 | 30' diameter | ||
441 | K 04-01-45 | § | 12:30 | West Ham | West Ham | L 840 026 | 41' diameter | 14 | 30 |
442 | K 04-01-45 | § | 12:36 | Titsey | Titsey Hill | Q 811 759 | Airburst | 3 | |
443 | N 04-01-45 | § | 12:56 | Rayleigh | Rayleigh | Off Map M 245 114 | 43' x 12' | ||
444 | K 04-01-45 | § | 15:43 | Runwell | Runwell | M 204 133 | 41' x 12' | ||
445 | 04-01-45 | § | 16:13 | Hackney | Hackney | L 781 036 | 39' x 7' | 15 | 27 |
446 | 04-01-45 | § | 16:13 | Little Thurrock | Little Thurrock | R 0698 | Airburst | ||
447 | K 04-01-45 | § | 18:35 | Clothall | Clothall | L 718 522 | 44' x 11' | ||
448 | K 04-01-45 | § | 19:32 | Ilford | Ilford | L 899 048 | 40' diameter | 2 | 16 |
449 | K 04-01-45 | § | 20:29 | Lambeth | Lambeth | Q 754 982 | 45' diameter | 43 | 26 |
450 | K 04-01-45 | § | 21:06 | Stepney | Stepney | L 803 006 | 28' diameter | 3 | 11 |
451 | N 04-01-45 | § | 21:21 | Off Southwold | Sea off Southwold | Off Map N 2090 approx | In Sea | ||
452 | K 04-01-45 | § | 22:55 | Camberwell | Glengarry Road, Dulwich | Q 7893 | Airburst | ||
453 | N 05-01-45 | § | 00:12 | Bromley | Logshill Road, Bromley / Beckenham | Q 865 891 | 17' x 4' | ||
454 | K 05-01-45 | § | 00:43 | Navestock | Navestock | M 010 163 | 42' x 8' | ||
455 | K 05-01-45 | § | 03:36 | Wanstead | Wanstead | L 861 064 | 32' x 7' | ||
456 | N 05-01-45 | § | 09:27 | Layham | Raydon area | Off Map M 4858 | Airburst | ||
457 | N 05-01-45 | § | 14:12 | Billericay | Billericay, Essex. | M 1411 | Airburst | ||
458 | N 05-01-45 | § | 15:12 | Tolleshunt D'Arcy | Tolleshunt D'Arcy | Off Map M 372 289 | 28' x 8' | ||
459 | K 05-01-45 | § | 22:45 | Croydon | Addington Golf Course | Q 812 814 | 34' x 10' | ||
460 | ? 06-01-45 | § | 02:15 | Darenth | In field Darenth, Kent | R 025 890 | 40' x 9' | ||
461 | K 06-01-45 | § | 07:49 | Hatfield | Hatfield | L 705 254 | 35' x 12' | ||
462 | K 06-01-45 | § | 08:32 | Toot Hill | Ongar Park Wood | L 954 214 | 25' x 8' | ||
463 | K 06-01-45 | § | 13:43 | Deptford | Kitto Road/Waller Road, Deptford | Q 800 951 | 41' x 13' | 62 | |
464 | K 06-01-45 | § | 16:28 | Northaw | Northaw, Hertfordshire. | L 745 203 | 30' x 12' | ||
465 | K 06-01-45 | § | 16:46 | West Ham | West Ham | Q 844 995 | 30' diameter | ||
466 | K 06-01-45 | § | 17:06 | Camberwell | Court Lane, Camberwell | Q 778 930 | 14' diameter | 5 | 34 |
467 | N 06-01-45 | § | 19:46 | Erith | Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood (Erith Marshes) | Q 918 990 | Airburst | ||
468 | N 06-01-45 | § | 22:01 | Beazley End | Beazley End | M 209 463 | 28' x 8' | ||
469 | K 06-01-45 | § | 22:46 | Camberwell | Azenby Road, Camberwell | Q 779 952 | 45' x 15' | 41 | |
470 | ? 07-01-45 | § | 01:45 | Dagenham | Dagenham | L 927 069 | 26' diameter | ||
471 | K 07-01-45 | § | 02:16 | Twickenham | Teddington | Q 610 895 | 40' x 9' | ||
472 | K 07-01-45 | § | 04:56 | Edmonton | Tottenham | L 794 108 | In coal dump | ||
473 | N 07-01-45 | § | 05:26 | Grayshott | Guildford (Hog's Back) | Q 2857 approx | Airburst | ||
474 | N 07-01-45 | § | 06:12 | Gt. Baddow | Great Beddow | M 164 213 | 43' x 14' | ||
475 | N 07-01-45 | § | 12:14 | Leyton | Leytonstone | L 8307 | Airburst | ||
476 | K 07-01-45 | § | 15:40 | Cheshunt | Cheshunt | L 778 199 | 37' x 12' | ||
477 | ? 07-01-45 | § | 16:48 | Ilford | Ilford | L 865 090 | 44' x 13' | ||
478 | ? 07-01-45 | § | 17:15 | Islington | Islington. | L 755 042 | 49' diameter | ||
479 | ? 07-01-45 | § | 17:36 | Hutton | Hutton | M 072 124 | 26' x 8' | ||
480 | N 07-01-45 | § | 18:13 | Brightlinsea | Brightlingsea | M 525 346 | 36' x 6' | ||
481 | K 08-01-45 | § | 10:43 | Waltham Holy Cross | High Beech | L 854 167 | 51' x 15' | ||
482 | K 08-01-45 | § | 11:24 | Islington | Islington | L 771 030 | Direct Hit | ||
483 | K 08-01-45 | § | 12:14 | Lewisham | Sydenham | Q 792 914 | 51' x 15' | ||
484 | K 08-01-45 | § | 12:37 | Hornsey | Hornsey | L 756 085 | Direct Hit | ||
485 | N 08-01-45 | § | 13:14 | Wilmington | Wilmington | Q 950 890 | 44' x 13' | ||
486 | K 08-01-45 | § | 14:13 | Barking | Barking Marshes | L 917 017 | 60' diameter | ||
487 | DL 08-01-45 | § | 15:18 | Barking | Barking | L 924 008 | Airburst | ||
488 | N 08-01-45 | § | 16:02 | Datchworth | Datchworth | L 708 389 | 48' x 14' | ||
489 | K 08-01-45 | § | 16:33 | Hampstead | West Hamstead | L 694 037 | On railway | ||
490 | K 08-01-45 | § | 18:22 | Wandsworth | Clapham Common | Q 735 944 | 52' x 12' | ||
491 | N 08-01-45 | § | 19:44 | Chislehurst | Brooklands Avenue, Sidcup | Q 893 917 | 47' diameter | 3 | 22 |
492 | K 08-01-45 | § | 22:29 | Stoke Newington | Stoke Newington | L 766 060 | 46' diameter | ||
493 | K 09-01-45 | § | 10:50 | Beckenham | sportsground in King's Hall Road, Beckenham | Q 807 890 | 54' x 14' | 20 | |
494 | DL 09-01-45 | § | 14:05 | S. Ockendon | South Ockendon | M 054 013 | 32' x 8' | ||
495 | DL 09-01-45 | § | 17:16 | Little Hallingbury | Sawbridgeworth | L 955 271 | 54' x 14' | ||
496 | DL 09-01-45 | § | 18:02 | Basildon | Basildon | M 163 092 | 53' x 15' | ||
497 | DL 09-01-45 | § | 19:29 | Deptford | Adolphus Street, Deptford | Q 812 964 | 22' x 3' | 20 | 103 |
498 | DL 09-01-45 | § | 22:15 | Gt. Warley | Great Warley, Essex. | M 016 098 | 41' x 12' | ||
499 | DL 10-01-45 | § | 00:27 | Edmonton | Edmonton | L 800 139 | 43' diameter | ||
500 | N 10-01-45 | § | 11:00 | Gt. Totham | Great Totham | Off Map M 314 284 | 40' x 12' | ||
501 | N 10-01-45 | § | 11:14 | Stoke Newington | Stoke Newington | L 766 063 | 46' x 14' | ||
502 | N 10-01-45 | § | 14:20 | Henlow | Henlow / Arisley | Off Map L 630 562 | 43' x 17' | ||
503 | N 10-01-45 | § | 14:31 | Broomfield | Broomfield | M 142 282 | 42' x 12' | ||
504 | 11-01-45 | § | 10:25 | Rawreth | Battlesbridge | Off Map M 228 129 | 44' x 14' | ||
505 | N 12-01-45 | § | 11:04 | South Green | South Green | M 132 124 | 44' x 12' | ||
506 | N 12-01-45 | § | 17:38 | Marden Ash | Marden Ash | L 996 211 | 26' x 3' | ||
507 | N 12-01-45 | § | 17:39 | Trimley | Trimley | Off Map M 721 547 | 57' x 6' | ||
508 | N 12-01-45 | § | 17:55 | Writtle | Writtle | M 127 248 | 49' diameter | ||
509 | N 12-01-45 | § | 19:35 | Boreham | Boreham | Off Map M 208 293 | 39' x 13' | ||
510 | N 12-01-45 | § | 19:46 | Off Bradwell | North Sea off Bradwell | Off Map M 5525 | In Sea | ||
511 | ? 12-01-45 | § | 20:45 | Ilford | Ilford | L 881 053 | 34' x 7' | 12 | 29 |
512 | K 12-01-45 | § | 22:16 | Orpington | Biddlestead | Q 849 759 | 44' x 14' | ||
513 | ? 13-01-45 | § | 00:59 | Toot Hill | Toot Hill | L 956 208 | 40' x 10' | ||
514 | K 13-01-45 | § | 02:31 | Wood Green | Wood Green | L 749 092 | On railway | ||
515 | K 13-01-45 | § | 06:01 | Islington | Islington | L 749 053 | 47' x 13' | 32 | 28 |
516 | ? 13-01-45 | § | 07:08 | Poplar | Poplar | L 819 016 | 33' diameter | 2 | 23 |
517 | K 13-01-45 | § | 07:45 | Watton-at-Stone | Watton at Stone | L 745 387 | 45' diameter | 4 | |
518 | K 13-01-45 | § | 08:57 | Broadoak End | Broadoak End | L 753 329 | 25' diameter | ||
519 | N 13-01-45 | § | 11:30 | Chigwell | Chigwell, Essex. | L 856 139 | 34' x 8' | 3 | |
520 | N 13-01-45 | § | 11:54 | Enfield | Enfield. | L 7918 approx | Airburst | ||
521 | K 13-01-45 | § | 12:58 | West Ham | West Ham | L 850 002 | 36' diameter | 15 | 91 |
522 | N 13-01-45 | § | 14:11 | South Hornchurch | South Hornchurch | L 952 026 | 33' x 3' | ||
523 | N 13-01-45 | § | 16:35 | West Tilbury | West Tilbury | R 107 972 | 42' x 10' | ||
524 | N 13-01-45 | § | 16:43 | Off Foulness | North Sea off Foulness | Off Map M 5113 | In Sea | ||
525 | N 13-01-45 | § | 17:58 | Hockley | Hockley | Off Map M 285 143 | 45' diameter | ||
526 | K 14-01-45 | § | 10:56 | Foulness Island | Foulness Island | M 4609 | In Mud | ||
527 | K 14-01-45 | § | 11:36 | Abbess Roding | Abbess Roding | M 025 300 | 39' x 10' | ||
528 | K 14-01-45 | § | 12:12 | Barking | Barking | L 889 028 | Direct Hit | 8 | 52 |
529 | K 14-01-45 | § | 13:48 | Brickendon | Beaumont | L 773 255 | Not Available | ||
530 | K 14-01-45 | § | 15:29 | Cheshunt | Cheshunt | L 794 210 | 35' diameter | 3 | 21 |
531 | K 14-01-45 | § | 15:50 | Ilford | Ilford | L 911 073 | 39' diameter | 3 | 11 |
532 | K 14-01-45 | § | 16:13 | Lewisham | Panmure Road, Sydenham | Q 790 913 | 27' diameter | 14 | 80 |
533 | K 14-01-45 | § | 17:38 | Shoreditch | Shoreditch | L 772 026 | 46' x 4' | 20 | 90 |
534 | K 14-01-45 | § | 20:59 | Barking | Barking | L 886 031 | 36' diameter | 14 | 40 |
535 | N 15-01-45 | § | 05:18 | Off Shoeburyness | Sea off Shoeburyness. | M 6000 approx | In Sea | ||
536 | N 15-01-45 | § | 09:07 | Chingford | Chingford | L 826 135 | 30' diameter | 2 | 10 |
537 | N 15-01-45 | § | 11:13 | Whitstable | Whitstable | Off Map R 557 844 | 45' x 12' | 1 | 48 |
538 | N 15-01-45 | § | 17:17 | Off Palling | Off Polling | H 00.40 approx | In Sea | ||
539 | K 15-01-45 | § | 18:54 | Hackney | Hackney | L 789 048 | 43' diameter | 1 | |
540 | K 15-01-45 | § | 23:13 | Rainham | Rainham | L 973 004 | Direct Hit | 14 | 4 |
541 | K 16-01-45 | § | 03:00 | Havering-atte-Bower | Noak Hill | L 973 120 | 35' x 9' | ||
542 | N 16-01-45 | § | 09:09 | Off Herne Bay | 3/4 mile at sea off Hampton Point, Herne Bay | Off Map R 600 876 | In Sea | ||
543 | K 16-01-45 | § | 10:58 | Chingford | Chigwell, Essex. | L 8413 | Airburst | ||
544 | N 16-01-45 | § | 15:00 | River Blackwater | Goldhanger | Off Map M 340 256 | In River | ||
545 | K 16-01-45 | § | 19:10 | Chislehurst | Airburst Nelson Place, Sidcup | Q 905 906 | Airburst | ||
546 | N 16-01-45 | § | 20:32 | Cock Clarks | Cock Clarks | Off Map M 235 211 | 38' x 12' | ||
547 | K 16-01-45 | § | 21:01 | Harlow | Harlow | L 912 303 | 51' x 4' | 7 | |
548 | ? 16-01-45 | § | 21:54 | Banstead | Poorfield Wood, Chipstead | Q 713 759 | 24' x 6' | 6 | |
549 | N 17-01-45 | § | 08:18 | Mayland | Mayland, Essex | Off Map M 373 186 | 56' x 14' | ||
550 | K 17-01-45 | § | 11:43 | Bengeo | Bengeo, Hertfordshire | L 763 329 | 25' diameter | ||
551 | K 17-01-45 | § | 12:18 | Essendon | Essendon, Hertfordshire | L 698 282 | 25' diameter | 1 | |
552 | ? 17-01-45 | § | 14:17 | Corringham | Corringham Marshes, Essex | M 152 012 | 56' x 6' | ||
553 | ? 17-01-45 | § | 16:42 | Ingrave | East Horndon, Essex | M 069 090 | 21' x 5' | ||
554 | ? 17-01-45 | § | 16:59 | Hatfield Broad Oak | Hatfield Broad Oak | L 994 335 | 53' x 14' | 7 | |
555 | K 17-01-45 | § | 18:34 | Much Hadham | Much Hadham, Hertfordshire | L 863 373 | 25' diameter | 1 | |
556 | K 17-01-45 | § | 19:37 | Chingford | Chingford | L 822 122 | 29' x 7' | 40 | |
557 | N 19-01-45 | § | 23:09 | Barking | Barking | L 881 026 | 69' diameter | 1 | 2 |
558 | N 19-01-45 | § | 23:13 | Wanstead | Wanstead & Woodford. | L 844 087 | 45' diameter | 2 | 11 |
559 | N 19-01-45 | § | 23:41 | Gt. Parndon | Great Parndon, Essex. | L 887 259 | 38' x 11' | ||
560 | N 20-01-45 | § | 01:16 | Upminster | Upminster | M 011 048 | 39' diameter | 3 | |
561 | N 20-01-45 | § | 02:57 | Canewdon | Canewdon, Essex | Off Map M 327 143 | 44' x 14' | ||
562 | N 20-01-45 | § | 05:01 | Walthamstow | Walthamstow | L 7909 | Airburst | ||
563 | N 20-01-45 | § | 06:39 | East Ham | East Ham | L 8700 | Airburst | ||
564 | N 20-01-45 | § | 08:55 | Takeley | Takeley, Essex | L 975 406 | 31' x 8' | ||
565 | K 20-01-45 | § | 10:06 | Bishops Stortford | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire | L 933 423 | 30' diameter | ||
566 | K 20-01-45 | § | 10:52 | Potters Bar | Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire | L 707 197 | 46' diameter | 21 | 27 |
567 | ? 20-01-45 | § | 11:21 | Barking | Barking | L 8802 | Airburst | 1 | |
568 | K 20-01-45 | § | 13:15 | East Barnet | East Barnet | L 710 144 | 47' diameter | 11 | 60 |
569 | N 20-01-45 | § | 16:05 | East Horndon | East Horndon, Essex | M 080 081 | 47' x 11' | ||
570 | ? 20-01-45 | § | 16:10 | Kelvedon Hatch | Navestock, Essex | M 006 177 | 45' x 12' | 8 | |
571 | N 20-01-45 | § | 16:37 | Riverhead | Spring Hill Wood, Riverhead | Q 954 718 | 46' x 15' | ||
572 | N 20-01-45 | § | 18:08 | Broxbourne | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire | L 805 248 | Airburst | ||
573 | ? 20-01-45 | § | 19:23 | Greenwich | Maze Hill station, Greenwich | Q 834 968 | 31' x 7' | 19 | |
574 | K 20-01-45 | § | 19:52 | Tottenham | Tottenham | L 772 074 | 46' diameter | 23 | 39 |
575 | K 20-01-45 | § | 22:49 | Wanstead | Wanstead & Woodford. | L 853 091 | 42' x 11' | 17 | 19 |
576 | N 21-01-45 | § | 02:05 | Bidborough | Bidborough / Plaxtol | R 008 618 | 41' x 9' | ||
577 | K 21-01-45 | § | 12:11 | Hendon | Hendon | L 686 075 | 41' x 10' | 17 | |
578 | N 21-01-45 | § | 14:43 | Laindon | Laindon, Essex. | M 1208 | Airburst | ||
579 | N 21-01-45 | § | 15:47 | Noak Hill | Noak Hill | L 991 124 | 43' x 15' | 2 | |
580 | N 21-01-45 | § | 16:50 | Greenwich | On Allotments Blackwall Lane, Greenwich | Q 839 981 | 32' x 8' | 10 | |
581 | N 21-01-45 | § | 18:52 | Rainham | Rainham | L 943 005 | 53' x 11' | ||
582 | N 21-01-45 | § | 18:57 | Woolwich | Ripon Road, Woolwich | Q 880 965 | 47' diameter | 17 | |
583 | N 21-01-45 | § | 19:12 | South Ockendon | South Ockendon | M 037 017 | 50' x 12' | 9 | |
584 | N 22-01-45 | § | 10:12 | West Thurrock | West Thurrock | R 032 988 | 34' x 8' | ||
585 | K 22-01-45 | § | 12:15 | Friern Barnet | Friern Barnet | L 728 106 | 43' diameter | 3 | |
586 | K 22-01-45 | § | 14:37 | Kingston | Kingston-on-Thames | Q 633 895 | 27' x 8' | 5 | 40 |
587 | K 22-01-45 | § | 17:14 | Southwark | Borough High Street, Southwark | Q 767 989 | Direct Hit | 27 | 276 |
588 | K 23-01-45 | § | 08:37 | Lewisham | Hither Green Cemetery, Verdant Lane, Catford | Q 839 917 | 49' diameter | 12 | |
589 | N 23-01-45 | § | 09:26 | Waltham Holy Cross | Waltham Holy Cross (Airburst) | L 8520 | Airburst | 2 | |
590 | N 23-01-45 | § | 10:50 | Mayland | Mayland, Essex | Off Map M 373 200 | 49' x 13' | ||
591 | N 23-01-45 | § | 11:45 | Edmonton | Edmonton | L 797 108 | 39' diameter | 16 | |
592 | N 23-01-45 | § | 15:51 | Stapleford Tawny | Near Stapleford Abbotts, Essex | L 937 164 | 47' diameter | 15 | 38 |
593 | K 23-01-45 | § | 19:14 | Dagenham | Dagenham | L 943 020 | 31' diameter | 4 | 26 |
594 | N 23-01-45 | § | 21:52 | Darenth | Airburst Horton Kirby | R 008 885 | Airburst | ||
595 | N 24-01-45 | § | 09:07 | Waltham Holy Cross | Waltham Holy Cross | L 831 180 | 48' x 11' | 2 | |
596 | K 24-01-45 | § | 10:50 | Enfield | Enfield. | L 734 191 | 33' x 11' | ||
597 | N 24-01-45 | § | 11:34 | Enfield | Enfield. | L 791 168 | 41' x 4' | ||
598 | K 24-01-45 | § | 16:19 | Greenwich | Stockwell Street, Greenwich | Q 827 966 | 52' x 12' | 4 | 109 |
599 | ? 24-01-45 | § | 20:05 | Navestock | Navestock, Essex | M 003 167 | 37' x 11' | ||
600 | K 25-01-45 | § | 07:12 | Enfield | Enfield. | L 766 168 | 50' x 13' | 6 | 46 |
601 | K 25-01-45 | § | 08:19 | Willesden | Willesden | L 644 044 | Airburst | 2 | |
602 | N 25-01-45 | § | 08:33 | Langdon Hills | Langdon Hills, Essex. | M 144 060 | 23' x 6' | ||
603 | N 25-01-45 | § | 12:01 | Hatfield Heath | Hatfield Heath | L 984 344 | 32' x 12' | ||
604 | ? 25-01-45 | § | 19:18 | Dengie | Sea off Clacton | Off Map M 442 185 | In Mud | ||
605 | N 25-01-45 | § | 21:45 | Greenwich | Charlton House, Charlton | Q 858 967 | 36' x 6' | 6 | |
606 | K 26-01-45 | § | 06:11 | Elstree | Shenley, Hertfordshire | L 654 181 | 50' x 15' | ||
607 | N 26-01-45 | § | 06:24 | Wanstead | Wanstead & Woodford. | L 846 072 | 32' x 4' | 16 | 7 |
608 | N 26-01-45 | § | 06:32 | Woolwich | Airburst Woolwich Arsenal | Q 900 993 | Airburst | ||
609 | N 26-01-45 | § | 09:05 | Leyton | Leyton | L 833 072 | 49' x 17' | 32 | |
610 | N 26-01-45 | § | 09:41 | Ardleigh Green | Ardleigh Green, Hornchurch | L 984 087 | 53' x 25' | 3 | 36 |
611 | N 26-01-45 | § | 09:54 | Cranham | Aveley, Essex | M 0304 | Airburst | ||
612 | K 26-01-45 | § | 10:40 | Wandsworth | Clapham | Q 737 932 | 45' x 14' | 18 | |
613 | N 26-01-45 | § | 12:10 | Dagenham | Dagenham | L 9401 | Airburst | ||
614 | K 26-01-45 | § | 14:43 | Ilford | Ilford | L 890 098 | 39' x 9' | ||
615 | N 26-01-45 | § | 18:07 | Croydon | Coombe Farm, Croydon | Q 783 839 | 35' x 6' | 2 | |
616 | N 26-01-45 | § | 23:01 | Woolwich | Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich | Q 864 982 | 38' diameter | 8 | |
617 | N 27-01-45 | § | 00:05 | East Ham | East Ham | L 855 031 | 30' diameter | 1 | 4 |
618 | N 27-01-45 | § | 02:14 | Wickford | Wickford, Essex | M 184 104 | 33' diameter | ||
619 | N 27-01-45 | § | 03:40 | Canewdon | area of Latchingdon, Essex | M 360 145 | 39' x 9' | ||
620 | N 27-01-45 | § | 03:45 | East Ham | East Ham | L 8802 | Airburst | 3 | |
621 | K 27-01-45 | § | 03:55 | Harrow | Stanmore | L 606 119 | 285' x 5' | ||
622 | K 27-01-45 | § | 03:57 | Walthamstow | Wanstead & Woodford. | L 826 097 | 17' x 5' | ||
623 | N 27-01-45 | § | 09:45 | Mountnessing | Mountnessing, Essex | M 064 159 | 46' x 15' | ||
624 | N 27-01-45 | § | 12:26 | Tillingham | Tillingham, Essex | Off Map M 446 223 | 39' diameter | ||
625 | K 27-01-45 | § | 16:02 | Battersea | Battersea. | Q 706 945 | 42' x 6' | 15 | 44 |
626 | K 27-01-45 | § | 16:25 | Datchworth Green | Datchworth Green, Hertfordshire | L 718 372 | 25' x 10' | ||
627 | ? 28-01-45 | § | 00:19 | Forest Row | Forest Row | Q 882 564 | 30' diameter | ||
628 | K 28-01-45 | § | 00:43 | West Ham | West Ham | L 853 036 | Direct Hit | 30 | 1 |
629 | K 28-01-45 | § | 02:29 | Willesden | Willesden | L 644 021 | 43' x 9' | ||
630 | N 28-01-45 | § | 03:30 | Benenden | Benenden, Kent | Off Map R 246 527 | 28' x 5' | 1 | |
631 | K 28-01-45 | § | 05:07 | Bromley | Garden Road, Bromley | Q 852 897 | 43' x 9' | 1 | 6 |
632 | K 28-01-45 | § | 06:51 | Chislehurst | Longlands Road, Sidcup | Q 896 914 | 38' x 9' | 1 | 6 |
633 | N 28-01-45 | § | 07:30 | Kirby-le-Soken | Kirby-le-Soken, Essex | Off Map M 6841 approx | In Mud | ||
634 | K 28-01-45 | § | 10:30 | East Ham | East Ham | L 860 025 | Direct Hit | 16 | 27 |
635 | N 29-01-45 | § | 05:55 | Bradwell | Bradwell, Essex. | Off Map M 432 242 | 39' x 11' | ||
636 | K 29-01-45 | § | 06:34 | Waltham Holy Cross | Waltham Holy Cross | L 840 197 | 45' x 12' | 1 | |
637 | K 29-01-45 | § | 07:37 | Great Amwell | Great Amwell, Hertfordshire | L 815 304 | 30' x 11' | ||
638 | N 29-01-45 | § | 08:52 | Darenth | Darenth, Kent | R 031 896 | 31' x 5' | 5 | |
639 | N 29-01-45 | § | 09:22 | Shotgate | Shotgate, Essex | M 218 109 | 38' x 12' | 3 | |
640 | N 29-01-45 | § | 09:54 | Althorne | Bridgemarsh Island, Essex | Off Map M 343 151 | In Water | ||
641 | K 29-01-45 | § | 10:02 | Islington | Stoke Newington | L 7604 | Airburst | ||
642 | N 29-01-45 | § | 15:35 | Bradwell | Bradwell Bay Airfield, Essex | Off Map M 457 265 | 34' x 11' | ||
224 | Incidents | January 1945 Totals | 464 | 2039 |
I would be interested in any documents relating to the above incident. My mother, who recently died’ told me about being in the house at 34 Maybank Road, South Woodford when this took place. Luckily, while the house was quite damaged, she and her father and sisters were unhurt.
A piece of V2 shrapnel came through the front window on the 23rd January 1945, that had landed near Fords Car factory Dagenham. My Dad had it engraved with our names on it .Mr & Mrs Carter Donald, Allan and Rob at 117, Second Ave , Dagenham Essex. I now have it at home in a glass cabinet.
At 08.37 a.m 23rd. Jan.1945 my brother and I were getting ready for school, we were in the kitchen of our council house in Crutchley Rd., I was aged 6, my brother Gordon was 11 yrs. old.I remember it being extremely cold with the occasional wintry shower,my older sister Eileen had gone to work at Sainsburys in Catford and our mother was making her way to the 124 bus stop in Verdant Lane, a few minutes walk from our house. At precisely 08.37, Hitlers “vengeance” rocket, the V2 slammed into the cemetery in Verdant Lane, just over the back from where we lived. There was no warning, unlike its predecessor the Doodlebug (V1) which made a horrible rattling sound. The 13 ton V2 travelled faster than the speed of sound and impacted at over 3,000 miles per hour, you couldn’t hear it coming, the only noise being after the blast. I can recall the walls seemed to contract and expand also a sensation that seemed to take your breath, our back door suddenly blew in just missing my brother. I was sitting under a shelf containing pots and pans and a heavy old clock, the shelf snapped in the middle but the contents luckily did not fall on me. After the initial shock we looked out the back,there was another row of houses between us and the cemetery,over these in the distance we could see a huge pall of smoke mushrooming at the top, also there were lots of clods of clay splattered everywhere. There are some gaps in my memory, some of which were filled in by my older siblings and mother.The next thing I recall was that we were in Verdant Lane looking for our mother, my sister had been given a lift home by her boss. Our mother had been waiting for a bus when the rocket struck, the blast had apparently knocked her off her feet and thrown her into the road, she was bruised and dazed with a few minor cuts and bruises, other than that, unhurt. I remember the scene, the road was strewn with debris, big clumps of soil, glass and debris and as we made our way back home we were stepping over what we believed were human remains.My impression was that everything seemed to have fallen silent and there seemed to be a foggy type haze, I’m not sure if this was from the blast or the weather conditions at the time.It seems that our house had received only minor damage, some broken windows and a good splattering of clumps of clay. This monster was fired from Batt 1./485 loosduinen (site 19) The Hague,it then travelled faster than the speed of sound before smashing into the cemetery, a V2 creates a crater approx 66Ft. wide & 26 Ft. deep throwing up approx 3,000 tons of material into the air, 0 deaths were recorded and only 7 people were injured.A lucky escape for everyone in the area,it would have been so different if it had exploded on hard ground. .
I LIVED IN BOUNFIELD ROAD THE SAME TIME AS YOU AT BREAKFAST TIME STILL REMEMBER THE SOOT COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY ON M Y PORRIGE,THEN OFF TO PENDRAGON SCHOOL AS IF NOTHONG HAD HAPPEND
T JONES
Incident 534 — 14 January 1945 — Barking
From my Late Dad’s memoir .. Paddy Bremner.. We were playing billiards in the front room of our flat 20A London Rd Barking when a V2 rocket dropped over our block. There was no warning. The noise dust and the pain seemed to go on forever. The lights went and we were in total darkness and it felt as if somebody kept hitting me on the head with a hammer. I put my hand to my face and could feel sticky blood everywhere. The lights came back on and my face was a mask of blood. I was completely dazed and disorientated. The heavy rescue men came and rendered first aid and insisted I be taken to hospital. I was carried in the arms of a large man who placed me in the ambulance. A large crowd had formed and cheered as we went past. I was lucky and only required being bandaged to the nines and receiving a tetanus. For the rest of my life I would jump at the slightest thing. My nerves were shot to pieces. Paddy Bremner 1932 – 1990
When the V2 hit West Hampstead on 8/1/45 my mother and I and our landlady were in 114 Iverson Road. My mother and I got out badly injured but our landlady Mrs Thomas died later in hospital. I could not see her in the list of those killed by V2s
Many thanks for pointing out this omission which we are pleased to confirm we have now included with the following details:-
Incident No: 489 – 10/01/1945 – ETHEL MAUD THOMAS age 51 OF 114 IVERSON ROAD.
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS HAMLIN; WIFE OF ARTHUR JOHN THOMAS. INJURED 8 JANUARY 1945, AT 114 IVERSON ROAD; DIED AT NORTH-WESTERN HOSPITAL
My mother was pregnant with me and she was also waiting for a 124 bus to get to work, like your mother my mum was knocked down and was given a lift by the coalman on his horse drawn cart to lewisham hospital. As you can see she was ok i was born in the following august. We lived in the prefabs, i think we lived over the butchers shop in boundfield road.
I am just typing up my late Mothers memories (Lilian Spark) and these are from the V2 which landed opposite her house 26A Woodland Street, Hackney Ref 445 L781036 at 16:13. My mother was a telephonist at Whitehall Exchange in London during the war.
On 4th January 1945 I left home for work not knowing that it would be the last time I would do so from that house. The house where I was born.
At around 16:15 I was told to go on a certain circuit on the switchboard, there was a private call for me. This wasn’t allowed really but we often got away with it. I plugged in my head set and my friend Doris’s younger brother Fred was on the line asking me what number house I lived in at Woodland Street. This was enough for me to realise something was wrong. I told him number 26A and he said it had gone and my house was all rubble. The VE 2 had landed opposite my house.
I knew my Mother was in as I had recently phoned her to ask her to come to the pictures with me that night but she had refused. She told me she had been shopping earlier in the local corner shop and asked if she could leave the loaf of bread she had bought on top of the fridge in the shop and pick it up on the way home, but she had forgotten to pick it up and I had told her not to worry about it and we would make do with what we had got and said goodbye, so I knew she was in the house.
I was in a terrible state by this news from Fred my friend’s brother. There had not been any air raid warning. They just came over and exploded on impact when the engine cut out.
After a time when the supervisors thought I was alright to travel they sent me home accompanied by a senior girl. We caught a taxi and he took us as fast as he could to the top of my road which had been roped off at both ends and wouldn’t take any fare. I dashed under the rope and ran to where my house had been, chased by air raid wardens because they said the gas mains had been broken and it was dangerous. All I could think of was my Mum and my dog Paddy were in that rubble. The warden guided me to the other end of the road where a load of people were standing and there was my Mum being cuddled by a warden. I couldn’t believe she would be alive after seeing what was left of my house. We both rushed at one another and the warden cuddled us both together. I had thought I wasn’t going to see my Mum again.
Apparently, Mum had waited until 16:00 as she realised the shop would be open to let their two children in from school which was opposite the shop so Mum went to collect her loaf of bread. Thursday was early closing day so the shop had shut at 13:30 that’s why Mum had just got round the corner to the shop when the V2 came down. She said she felt the pavement shake and a great blast of wind rush past her with lots of dust. The bomb had fallen on the library opposite our house killing many children and people in the library and walking down the road. Poor Mum said she couldn’t understand why the man lying on the pavement didn’t get up as she passed him, she thought he was doing as we were advised if we couldn’t get to a shelter in time which was to lie face down with arms resting on your chest. The poor man had died from the blast of the rocket landing.
Paddy my dog hadn’t been found and I was very upset about this. My uncle and my brothers were looking for her in the rubble in the evening and about 20:00 they heard a whimper and found Paddy under the boards from the cupboard under the stairs which had fallen over her and protected her. She must have been lying there waiting for my Mum to come back. They say bread is the stuff of life an it was for my Mum and Paddy.
Neighbours next door and all along the road had died. If it hadn’t been early closing day my Mother would have collected her bread on the way home from the shops and she wouldn’t have gone out again.
Unfortunately, the children had just come out of the local church school at 16:00 and lots were killed.
By this time snow was falling and all our photos and books and clothes were all soaked. I had just had a suit made for me, a jacket and two skirts it was a serge material an I had two skirts because this material got shiny with use but my wardrobe that I kept my clothes in had a glass inside the door which shattered and ripped all my clothes to bits. So much for having two skirts to last longer. It was a great shock to know all our possessions had gone and all our close neighbours had lost their lives. Two old ladies who lived next door to us were killed and one was found sitting in a chair holding our cat Jimmy. Both killed by the blast the air raid warden told me, but Paddy was only next door and was lucky thank goodness.
RE: V2 Rocket attack on Tewkesbury Road Tottenham N15 Jan 1945
Dear Sir
I remember the V2 attack on Tewkesbury Road as I lived in number 80, I also know your contributor Jim Hepting and have similar memories except that I was not evacuated when the rocket fell. It was a very cold January evening and my Mother suggested I look in on my Nan with my friend Doreen Morfett, who lived in Seven Sisters Road , we were going up the hill , which was the usual way to our School and Nans house when we saw a flash which we thought was from the electric trolley buses common in those days and often ‘sparked’ from their overhead cables. We had just arrived at Nan’s door when the walls shook so we rushed upstairs and found Nan on the floor, she had been thrown from her chair by the blast, I remember going home to tell Mum and staying close to the houses, we had been told to be aware of Chimney stacks falling from the roofs. Nan never recovered from a Coma and died on the 20th January
Arriving home there was chaos with windows blasted out and people running up the street I could hear Mum say ‘Where’s Ronnie’, my brother who was nearly 14 and old enough to be out in the dark, I was 9. A woman with a baby in her arms bleeding stopped at our house and I remember Mum tearing a sheet to wrap the baby’s head, which was quite a generous thing to do as everything was rationed Mum was like that. Ron was Ok luckily and still here today at 89.The WVS service was marvellous and the fish shop ‘Ada’s’ had the notice on the window ‘frying tonight’ we chuckled at that.
My best friend Shirley Marsh and her whole family lost their lives in that attack and it still upsets me when I think of her
I went to Stamford Hill infants and junior school and remember the barrage balloon in the boys playground. Saddened to know the school closed in 2020 after educating all my family including my Mother and my two brothers and giving me a lot of pleasure and good friends- where are they now?
We have another War now a .covid war let us hope we all survive this one
Mrs Irene Hussey
I was eleven years old on that evening when the V2 landed on Tewksbury Road at 7.52 Saturday 20th January 1945 I and my family were more than likely waiting to listen to Saturday night theatre then Appointment with fear on the wireless. We were living in Henry Road a culdesac off of St Anns Road. At the end of my road ran a high railway bank and St Anns Railway station, which separated us from I believe Morton Road and Tewksbury Road. We, my grandparents, mother myself and my six-month-old baby sister were in my grandparent’s room at the front of the house-sharing the warmth from the only fire we could afford and sharing our ration of coal. I do not seem to be able to recall an explosion, the thing I recall is the heavy blackout curtains billowing out. the room filling with smoke when soot and cinders flew from the grate setting the carpet on fire. So we lost all our windows and front door which we never did find. if it had not been for the embankment we would have suffered the blast a great deal more. battens to It seemed only minutes before men turned up with tarred paper and battens to bar up the gaping holes where our windows should have been and place us another temporary front door. When we went to our bedroom upstairs glass shards were buried in the door and walls like daggers, anyone in the at the time would have been cut to pieces. all the damaged materials were placed in the middle of the roasd and set alight the next day iand a few others who were not evacuated had a great time roasting potatoes. after this incident, all the damaged and empty houses became our playground. I believe my cousins the Keasleys were killed in this incident
Incident 568 Carlton Road, Barnet V2 attack 20th January 1945
It was my cousin Dereck’s 7th or 8th Birthday and we My father Reginald Kilbey, my mother Gladys and myself were invited for lunch. Due to my fathers work (a musician) he had a last minute session and at my mothers insistence cancelled the lunch invitation. I understand the V2 exploded about 1.30pm killing a number of people including my Grand father Henry Kilbey, his daughter Else Glover and my cousin Martin Glover. We three were lucky to be safe in Edgeware.
V2 Rocket Barkingside Ilford.
On Friday 26th January 1945, a V2 rocket landed immediately outside our back garden fence. I’m told that the windows fell in, covering me in my pram, but I slept blissfully throughout. This was in Fencepiece Road. Both my parents were at work, and I was in the care of a friend. I was never told of any casualties, or any damage other than the windows. In later childhood, after we had moved house, we often visited the lady who still lived in the house, and I remember the crater in the field at the end of the garden, but no obvious damage anywhere else. We seem to have been very lucky. Though the rocket landed in the field, it was only yards from the house. Is there somewhere I can find any further information re this incident?
20-1-45 Calton Road , East Barnett . No 11 ( Gregory Family Home ) destroyed
Leslie H Gregory ( 1898-1945 ) kllled in road ( lungs collapsed by blast )
Marjorie E Gregory ( 1900-1985 ) and Joan B Gregory , later Pamm ( 1923-1994) only survived because they were dropped into the cellar as the house collapsed on top of them
Dear Irene
Just been going over reminisces of Tottenham and noticed you saying the Keasleys your cousins they were also my cousins , I was at school with Duglas