Erection date: 21/5/2011
In memory of all those killed and injured at this site by a V2 rocket which destroyed the Crooked Billet on Sunday 19th November 1944.
Not Forgotten.
BR2, Southborough Lane, 286, The Crooked Billet Harvester
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crooked Billet - V2 attack
The attack happened when the pub was full of people enjoying a night out. Twe...
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombin...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
With thanks to our tireless Latin consultant, David Hopkins, who transcribed the plaque and provided the translation. David writes "Since...
The roundel was created by a glass-making firm, James Powell and Son, after a sketch by Louisa Anne, Marchioness of Waterford. The quotat...
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
The plaque is located on the side of the building in Cowley Street. 2024: The Daily Mail reports that the house is for sale, with lots o...
Leopold Stokowski Society - London Leopold Anthony Stokowski, musician, 1882 - 1977, attended this school.
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