Location:
Grove Street
Deptford
UKNIWM Ref: 12247 & 12248
OS Map Ref: TQ360 770
Map: Memorials of Lewisham Map
Type: Metal Plaque
Physical Description: Wall mounted metal plaque with inscription and names.
Inscription:
Royal Victoria Yard Deptford
Roll Of Honour
To the memory of our colleagues
who died through enemy action
in the world war 1939 - 1945
(Names)
At The Going Down Of The Sun
And In The Morning
We Will Remember Them.
Wars Commemorated: Second World War
Names:
| Albert (C/O) Thompson | L.E. Moors | R.Robbins | Frank Hider Hilder |
| Donald Charles Bain | Thomas Peterson | Edwin Thomas Knott | William Patrick Seal Moon |
| Charles Thomas Edwards | William Edward Richard Whitlock | John Arthur Andrews | George Norman |
| Oswald Hitchen | A.V. Torder | C. Bates | H (I) Wigley |
| E.W. Lloyd | R.A. Delamine | William Glover | F. Martin |
On 19 March 1941 London suffered one of the worst raids of the war to date. Fire destroyed about 70-80% of the buildings on the 35 acre site, a major store depot for the Royal Navy. The yard was hit by 11 high explosive bombs as well as oil bombs and hundreds of incendiaries. There were about 150 fire watchers on duty but they were unable to contain the spread of the flames. Eventually a hundred fire appliances were needed to deal with the fires.
On 16 August 1944 a V1 flying bomb crashed into the yard, still not operational after the fires of March 1941, killing seven and injuring 74.
Source : Red Alert by Lewis Blake
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