Sunday 10th November 1940 – 18 & 20 South Island Place

I’m not entirely sure how a high explosive bomb falling on your house is classed as ‘non urgent’ …

Site of the bomb is indicated with a red dot on the map below:

The civil defence incident log reads:

DateTimeText of Message
10.11.4023.29Supplementary Report 18 & 20 South Island Place. High Explosive bomb, 20:05pm. Back of number 18 demolished and back of number 20 partly demolished. Casualties - nil.

The civil defence messages sent back and forth to the local ARP (Air raid precaution) depot read as follows:

Date10.11.40
Time23.25
Position of Occurance18 & 20 South Island Place
Type of bombsHigh Explosive
Casualties (Approx)None
Whether any trapped under wreckageNone
FireNone
Damage to MainsNone
Names of any roads blockedNone
Position of any unexploded bombsNone
Time of occurance20:05
NotesOwing to this not being urgent it was held off until more urgent matters had been dealt with.
Above – The site of this bomb incident is now occupied by this funny little house sandwiched into the space.
 
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