Erection date: 1994
Remembering Woolworths, 168 people killed in Britain's worst V2 attack, 25th November 1944.
Deptford History Group 1994.
SE14, New Cross Road, 277 - 281
Unusually, at this site, there are three plaques commemorating the same event.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 1
The rocket landed on the Woolworth's building at 12.44pm It was a sunny Satur...
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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 1
2012: we can find no information about this group, so possibly it is no longe...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
New Cross V2 attack - plaque 1
The photograph was taken some years ago and sadly since then, this plaque has...
Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, 1870 - 1916, short story writer, lived here. English Heritage
We can't find the link from the QR code. The Sun reported the plaque's unveiling.
Jerome K Jerome, 1859 - 1927, author, wrote 'Three Men in a Boat' while living here at flat 104. English HeritageÂ
The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the Omnia Works.
The Taxation plaque is the one nearest the camera. The St Benet blue plaque is on the far wall and the St Benet inscribed stone plaque i...
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