Location:
Iceland Store
New Cross Road
New Cross
SE14
UKNIWM Ref: 12140
OS Map Ref: TQ 363 770
Map: Memorials of Lewisham Map
Type: Metal Plaque
Physical Description: Metal Plaque c.6x9inches about 10 ft above the ground to the left of the main entrance to Iceland’s
Inscription:
Remembering Woolworths
168 People Killed
In Britain’s Worst V2 Attack
25th November 1944.
Deptford History Group 1994
Ceremonies:
Unveiling
26 November 1994 unveiled by Gurbakhsh Garcha [Mayor of LB Lewisham] and Joan Ruddock MP
Wars Commemorated: Second World War
Other References: Blake, Lewis; Red Alert The Story of South East London At War, 1939 – 1945. Published by the Author, 1992
Blake, Lewis; Bolts from the Blue, S.E. London and Kent Under V” Rocket Attack, Published by the Author, 1990
Deptford History Group, Remembering Woolworths.
Sunday Telegraph, 27 November, 1994.
http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/1940s-remembernewcross.htm. [now archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20080120212626/http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/]
Names: Click here for a list of those who died
Details: Click here for details of the incident
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