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.
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
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
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