8th September 1944 V2 landed in the centre of Staveley Road, towards the junction with Burlington Lane, in Chiswick
Killed in the V2 strike BROWNING, BERNARD HAMMERTON WILLIAM R. Rank: Sapper Service No: 1919943 Date of Death: 08/09/1944 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 711 Artisan Works Coy. Grave Reference: Block G. Grave 569. Cemetery: CHISWICK NEW CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Robert James Browning and Phoebe Gertrude Browning, of Chiswick. Civilian HARRISON, ADA Rank: Civilian Date of Death: 08/09/1944 Age: 68 Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead Reporting Authority: BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH Additional Information: Wife of William George Harrison. Died at 3 Staveley Road, Chiswick. CLARKE, ROSEMARY ANN Rank: Civilian Date of Death: 08/09/1944 Age: 3 Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead Reporting Authority: HESTON AND ISLEWORTH, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH Additional Information: of 1 Stavely Road, Chiswick. Daughter of Evelyn James Henry and Edith Marion Clarke. Injured at 1 Stavely Road; died same day at West Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth.
Flying Gas Main The British government initially attempted to conceal the cause of the explosions by blaming them on defective gas main V-2 rocket - Wikipedia
My mother lived nearby and the defective gas main story didn't cut much ice locally as why would Herbert Morrison and other dignitaries come and inspect an ordinary gas explosion!