22nd October 1940 Whiteleys Department Store London

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  1. CL1

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

    Blitz Incidents: The Whiteley's bomb - 22nd October 1940

    Information on what happened at Whiteley’s after dark on Tuesday 22nd October is very hard to come by. The facts seem to be as follows:
    • A bomb hit the building at 9.45pm
    • It struck the south end of the building at the corner of Queensway and Porchester Gardens (so on the left of the postcard view above)
    • It exploded in the basement, causing some internal walls to collapse
    • A gas main was ignited, causing a fire
    • The ‘all clear’ sounded at 11pm
    • It took until daylight for the fire to be adequately controlled to begin rescue work
    • It took four days to find the last of the casualties
    • A fireman was among those killed
     
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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    001 BROOM JM - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    002 CABLE-BRACKENBURY NA - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    003 LINES P - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    004 LOVELOCK HJ - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    005 MANN EL - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    006 PAXTON FW - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    007 PAXTON LA - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    008 SCOTT J - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    009 SHAPPS D - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    010 SMITH EM - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    011 SMITH AM - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    012 SMITH LJ - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEAD
    013 WILLMOTT EE - - 22/10/1940 CIVILIAN WAR DEA
     
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