Royal Observer Corps V1 Campaign

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  1. Anthony Clarke

    Anthony Clarke New Member

    Hi
    I have been collecting information on the V1 campaign and I wonder if anybody can confirm the details of an incident which I have been told took place at Bromley. A ROC Centre Crew from Coventry was sent to relieve the Crews at Bromley. They were met at the railway station by an ROC officer and billeted at a hotel. The hotel was hit by a V1 and there were many casualties.
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Hi Anthony

    Welcome

    Do you have a date for the event and a name of the hotel perhaps, otherwise it may be a look through landing site maps to tie up with a road/street map

    TD
     
  3. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    The Blitz Then and Now Vol3

    Info re V2 not V1

    V2 landed in Bromley

    19th Nov 1944 23 killed a quick flick through 20 below killed Crooked Billet Petts Wood Bromley
    Nov. 19, (21.12 hours) - Battery 444, Hoek van Holland, V-2 rocket fired, impacted Bromley, Kent. Direct hit on Crooked Billet public house. 26 Dead, 63 seriously injured. (*JP)
    Local historian marks anniversary of Bromley pub bombing which killed 27
    001 BROWNLEE T - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD Home Guard
    002 DIGMAN SJ - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    003 DIGMAN H - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    004 DUCKWORTH JL - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    005 DUCKWORTH JL - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    006 ELING FE - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    007 ELING FA - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    008 FIGGINS L - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    009 GARDINER WF - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD Leading Fireman, N.F.S
    010 HOLLEDGE E - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    011 LAWRENCE JG - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD B.R.C.S. Nurse
    012 MOXHAY EA - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    013 MOXHAY AH - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    014 REDBOURN B - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    015 RIDLINGTON AC - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD Home Guard
    016 SANKEY KJ - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    017 THURLOW JE - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    018 WALKER R - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    019 WALKER M - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    020 WALTER D - - 19/11/1944 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD



    19th Nov 1944
    5th Jan 1945
    28th Jan 1945
    11th Feb 1945
    26th Mar 1945


    Regards
    Clive
     
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  4. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    The list doesnt mention
    Name: Ernest William Walter
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
    Death Date: 19 Nov 1944
    Death Place: Bromley, Kent, England
    Age at Death: 56
    Spouse: Daisy Walter

    Plus 2 more died the next day

    Roy Whitlock abt 1933 20 Nov 1944 Bromley, Kent, England George Henry, Blanche Margaret Eleanor

    Marion Lily Nasskau abt 1899 20 Nov 1944 Bromley, Kent, England Henry I


    TD
     

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