Comments on: Incident Number 1076

By: Peter Webber

Peter Webber — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:07:03 +0000

I have tried many times to add the V2 attack at Uppingham Avenue
Stanmore Middlesex. I experienced this attack on the 23rd of March 1945 there were 10 houses, demolished 19 casualties. Some of the casualties were of my family name, my uncle Walter Florence, cousins, Ronnie and Primrose, you can see a memorial to these deaths at Harrow Weald cemetery. Oh I self was very lucky in that. Our house was the only one where they were not deaths. It was number 262. I think I am I think that we should all be grateful that the war was finished within a few weeks of this last rocket , I have posted several articles in the County Times for Powys where I currently live. I am 87 and have vivid memories of the rocket falling. Would be great to see this rocket location added sometime to the event map my father work to do you Havilland aircraft company and the headquarters, Vita command Fighter command was not far away Stanmore

By: Geoff Cole

Geoff Cole — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:14:45 +0000

Big Ben, Uppingham Avenue, Stanmore, Middlesex

This was I believe one of the last to land in the UK, on Thursday 22 March 1945. I was 19 months old and yet still remember certain things about this event.
We lived in an adjacent road, Coledale Drive and I clearly recall seeing out of our landing window. Not remarkable perhaps but it always had heavily obscured glass in all panes – and the V2 had broken every pane of glass in the house. This day was the only day when I had ever or would ever see out of that window. I was actually being carried by my father when I wanted to walk but there was broken glass everywhere – I think I had just mastered stairs properly and wanted to walk down. Clearly not permitted!

By: John Moore

John Moore — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:06:28 +0000

I was born in October, 1941, at 198, Uppingham Avenue. I would have been three and a half when the V2 landed. My father was in the ARP, and I think I remember stories of how he helped with the rescuing, including that of a little girl. I do not remember the ‘bang’, but again I believe I have a memory image of the next day, when replacement roof tiles and window glass were delivered to us. I still have the chess set my father used when on ARP watch.

By: Geoff Cole

Geoff Cole — Fri, 08 May 2020 09:35:22 +0000

We lived in Coledale Drive and my memory is of being in my father’s arms, looking out a window on our stairs and seeing the houses beyond. This window always had obscured glass in it so the only time I could ever have seen out through that window was that day. I also remember there being glass everywhere – every window was blown in. I was 19 months old. My very first memory and the image is with me to this day