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:
Date Time Text of Message
10.11.40 23.29 Supplementary 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:
| Date | 10.11.40 |
|---|---|
| Time | 23.25 |
| Position of Occurance | 18 & 20 South Island Place |
| Type of bombs | High Explosive |
| Casualties (Approx) | None |
| Whether any trapped under wreckage | None |
| Fire | None |
| Damage to Mains | None |
| Names of any roads blocked | None |
| Position of any unexploded bombs | None |
| Time of occurance | 20:05 |
| Notes | Owing to this not being urgent it was held off until more urgent matters had been dealt with. |
