First V2 strike Memorial:Chiswick,London 8th September 1944

8th September 1944 V2 landed in the centre of Staveley Road, towards the junction with Burlington Lane, in Chiswick

 

Killed in the V2 strike

BROWNING, BERNARD HAMMERTON WILLIAM R.
Rank:
Sapper
Service No:
1919943
Date of Death:
08/09/1944
Age:
28
Regiment/Service:
Royal Engineers
711 Artisan Works Coy.
Grave Reference:
Block G. Grave 569.
Cemetery:
CHISWICK NEW CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Robert James Browning and Phoebe Gertrude Browning, of Chiswick.

Civilian
HARRISON, ADA
Rank:
Civilian
Date of Death:
08/09/1944
Age:
68
Regiment/Service:
Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority:
BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH
Additional Information:
Wife of William George Harrison. Died at 3 Staveley Road, Chiswick.


CLARKE, ROSEMARY ANN
Rank:
Civilian
Date of Death:
08/09/1944
Age:
3
Regiment/Service:
Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority:
HESTON AND ISLEWORTH, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH
Additional Information:
of 1 Stavely Road, Chiswick. Daughter of Evelyn James Henry and Edith Marion Clarke. Injured at 1 Stavely Road; died same day at West Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth.

 

Commemorating the Chiswick V2 | Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society

 

Flying Gas Main
The British government initially attempted to conceal the cause of the explosions by blaming them on defective gas main
V-2 rocket - Wikipedia

 

My mother lived nearby and the defective gas main story didn't cut much ice locally as why would Herbert Morrison and other dignitaries come and inspect an ordinary gas explosion!