High Street, Lewisham, Hospital

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Thursday 12th September 1940

Names of those who died:

DUNMORE

Sarah

50

of 8 Dermody Road at Lewisham Hospital

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Sunday 29th September 1940

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TAYLOR

Frederick

76

of 114 Marvels Lane, Grove Park at Lewisham Hospital

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Wednesday 6th November 1940

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MITCHELL

Elsie May

26

of 184 Chudleigh Street at Lewisham Hospital

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Saturday 9th November 1940

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ALLNUTT

Norman

61

of 58 Bargery Road at Lewisham Hospital

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Wednesday 11th December 1940

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HARRIS

George Thomas

57

of 50 Porson Street at Lewisham Hospital

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Thursday 17th April 1941

Names of those who died:

LAKE

Minnie Alice

55

of 54 Bousfield Road, New Cross at Lewisham Hospital

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Wednesday 28th June 1944

Names of those who died:

ECKERSLEY	Robert	87	of 109 Quentin Road at Lewisham Hospital
WHEELER	Charles Henry	78	of 38 Leahurst Road at Lewisham Hospital

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Thursday 6th July 1944

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LITTLE

Henry

55

of 56B Church Street, Deptford at Lewisham Hospital

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In the early hours of 26 July 1944, deep into the blitz over London, Lewisham Hospital was bombed with a V1 Flying Bomb, with direct hits destroying what was then its D and E wards, the Registrar's Office and the library. The raid that night was one of the worst of the year in South London, and while there were a number of near misses, Lewisham Hospital was the only hospital to be directly hit. 70 patients and staff were injured and three died.

Names of those who died:

CROUCH	Eileen	21	of 36 Park Road, Ashford, Kent. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Albert Crouch	Nurse
JONES	Joyce Mary	20

2 further possible deaths were found for Lewisham Hospital 26 July 1944 on Lewisham's Civilian War Dead Roll:

CLARK	Kate	75	of 97 Clive Road, West Dulwich. Widow of Walter Clark. Died at Lewisham Hospital.
CUMMING	William Charles	67	of 30 Arabin Road, Brockley. Died 27 July 1944 at Lewisham Hospital

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Thursday 27th July 1944

Names of those who died:

CUMMING

William Charles

67

of 30 Arabin Road, Brockley at Lewisham Hospital

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