http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/old-portsmouth/101-high-street.htm I took these photographs Thursday 26-06-14.
Map of Portsmouth Blitz bombings created to mark 80th anniversary An interactive map showing the location of bombs dropped on Portsmouth has been created to mark 80 years since the city's biggest air raid. Bombs wreaked devastation on the city from 10 January 1941 into the early hours of 11 January.
Fratton School Shelter 001 AYRES B - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 002 AYRES E - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 003 AYRES H - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 004 BARBER KC - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 005 BUSHNELL BH - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 006 BUSHNELL RW - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 007 BUSHNELL BE - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 008 COUSINS K - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 009 CUDDIHY J - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 010 DAGNELL G - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 011 DAGNELL A - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 012 GORDON JJ - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 013 GORDON DM - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 014 GORDON DD - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 015 GORDON ME - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 016 HENRICK L - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 017 JOHNSON BR - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 018 JOHNSON PA - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 019 JOHNSON ME - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 020 MALE E - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 021 MALE W - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 022 PADDON AA - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 023 PIKE DM - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 024 PIKE F - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 025 PIKE SJ - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 026 PIKE P - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 027 PIKE D - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 028 RALPH RA - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 029 RICHARDS IMR - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 030 RICHARDS C - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 031 RICHARDS DE - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 032 ROWLAND MMM - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 033 SAUNDERS AE - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 034 SMITH SJ - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 035 STAPLEY THG - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 036 STAPLEY KR - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 037 STEMP FM - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 038 STEMP H - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 039 TAPPIN GH - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 040 TAYLOR AC - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 041 TAYLOR EV - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 042 TAYLOR IK - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 043 WATSON L - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD 044 WATSON W - - 10/01/1941 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
Did you know... The Air Raid of 10 January 1941 — Portsmouth Cathedral 10/11 January, in what was the city’s 31st raid (according to Council records), more than 300 bombs fell on the city: 171 people were killed, 430 injured and 3,000 made homeless. Ten years ago, on the 70th anniversary of the bombing, a memorial stone was unveiled in front of the cathedral, on the site of No. 101. It reads: ‘101 HIGH STREET STOOD HERE AND WAS BOMBED IN THE BLITZ OF 10 JANUARY 1941. THE FAMILIES SHELTERING IN THE CELLAR DIED: ISAAC BARKER 67 AND HIS WIFE GERTRUDE 61, RICHARD CLEMENS 67 AND HIS WIFE MARY 67, GEORGE BARNES 71, PETER HALSON 11 MONTHS, JOHN ALBERT MORRIS 38, HIS WIFE ELSIE 24 AND SON JOHN 2, CHARLES RIDGE 58, HIS WIFE ANNIE 50 AND DAUGHTER RUBY 14. WINIFRED ANDREWS 44 AND SON GEORGE 15 LIVED HERE BUT DIED THAT NIGHT OUTSIDE IN LOMBARD STREET. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.’