Tuesday 1st October 1940 – Crewdson Road & South Island Place
For some reason Crewdson Road and South Island Place took quite a battering in the Blitz, perhaps due to their curved shape making them stand out from the air, whatever the reason it all began on the afternoon of Tuesday 1st October 1940.
A summary of the incident
Sites of the bombs are indicated with red dots on the map below:
There are two Civil Defence incident logs for this bombing raid, the first reads:
| Date | 1.10.40 |
| Time | 16:30 PM |
| Position of Occurance | Crewdson Road |
| Type of bombs | High Explosive |
| Casualties (Approx) | 3 |
| Whether any trapped under wreckage | Nil |
| Fire | Nil |
| Damage to Mains | Nil |
| Names of any roads blocked | Nil |
| Position of any unexploded bombs | Nil |
| Time of occurance | 14:10 PM |
| Notes | All services have left scene of incidents |
And the second reads:
| Date | 1.10.40 |
| Time | 16:26 |
| Position of Occurance | 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 | 14:10 |
| Notes | All services have left scene of incident |
The civil defence messages sent back and forth to the local ARP (Air raid precaution) depot read as follows..
The Crewdson Road set of messages:
| Date | Time | Text of Message |
| 1.10.40 | 14:24 PM | Express Report Casualties at Crewdson Road |
| 2.10.40 | 7:12 AM | Supplementary Report Crewdson Road between Brixton Road & Clapham Road. 14:06. High Explosive. |
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| | 43 & 41 uninhabitable. |
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| | 45 Demolished. Casualties - 3 slight. RP/R arrived. |
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| | Debris cleared. Owing to dangerous condition of buildings on Crewdson Road, road blocked. |
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| | Roofs, windows, chimneys and chimney pots damaged in the vicinity. |
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| | Homeless at 43,45 & 47 made arrangements for accomodation with friends. |
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| | All occupants of these three houses have been traced. |
The South Island Place set of messages:
| Date | Time | Text of Message |
| 1.10.40 | 14.14 | 2 High Explosives Clapham Road. Reported as South Island Place by wardens |
| 1.10.40 | 14.2 | Express Report Casualties at South Island Place |
| 2.10.40 | 07:21 | South Island Place 14:06 - High Explosive bomb. |
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| | Slight damage to no 45 South Island Place - no casualties. |
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| | RPR cleared away debris |
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