There is a bronze plaque at the old GEC factory at the bottom of Shepherds Bush Road near the fire station that commemorates GEC staff who died in
WWI. Now Osram House built on the site.
I am trying to update the record on the WMR and would like to give an
exact location but I have seen a series of location but none precise. I
have searched on Streetview but think it must be inside a building from
the picture.
No picture here yet but it might update tonight.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/39035
There is a bronze plaque at the old GEC factory at the bottom of
Shepherds Bush Road near the fire station that commemorates GEC staff
who died in WWI. Now Osram House built on the site.
I am trying to update the record on the WMR and would like to give an
exact location but I have seen a series of location but none
precise. I have searched on Streetview but think it must be inside a building from the picture.
No picture here yet but it might update tonight.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/39035
I see that the location described does not match the "See location on
Google Maps" link, which must need updating also. I agree with Brian,
the only way to be certain is to go and see it for yourself, then you
can clear up any confusion.
This has prompted me to investigate whether there is any such memorial
at the 1944 Christmas Eve location of a depot of United Dairies in
Wanstead. A V2 landed there, and killed several people, thus depriving
me of some future relatives. I think that the place is now a park. I
have no idea when I will ever be near the area, so maybe this is a new armchair project to undertake. When I first researched the location and
time and date, I also easily found the serial number of the V2, and
its launch location. Too much information?
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:07:56 +0000
MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:
There is a bronze plaque at the old GEC factory at the bottom of
Shepherds Bush Road near the fire station that commemorates GEC staff
who died in WWI. Now Osram House built on the site.
I am trying to update the record on the WMR and would like to give an
exact location but I have seen a series of location but none
precise. I have searched on Streetview but think it must be inside a
building from the picture.
No picture here yet but it might update tonight.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/39035
I see that the location described does not match the "See location on
Google Maps" link, which must need updating also. I agree with Brian,
the only way to be certain is to go and see it for yourself, then you
can clear up any confusion.
Good Luck!
This has prompted me to investigate whether there is any such memorial
at the 1944 Christmas Eve location of a depot of United Dairies in
Wanstead. A V2 landed there, and killed several people, thus depriving
me of some future relatives. I think that the place is now a park. I
have no idea when I will ever be near the area, so maybe this is a new armchair project to undertake. When I first researched the location and
time and date, I also easily found the serial number of the V2, and
its launch location. Too much information?
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Davey
On 08/01/2023 12:39, Davey wrote:
This has prompted me to investigate whether there is any such
memorial at the 1944 Christmas Eve location of a depot of United
Dairies in Wanstead. A V2 landed there, and killed several people,
thus depriving me of some future relatives. I think that the place
is now a park. I have no idea when I will ever be near the area, so
maybe this is a new armchair project to undertake. When I first
researched the location and time and date, I also easily found the
serial number of the V2, and its launch location. Too much
information?
There is an aerial photograph of he site of the impact online.
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/100960/V-2-Impact-Site-Wanstead-Park-Road.htm
But I can't see anything about a memorial though there could be a
more general one to people killed in the Blitz in the area.
I was just updating the record on a memorial to the people in
Loughborough killed by a Zeppelin attack in 1916. The memorial was
only erected in 2016 after a local campaign, interestingly the
biggest donor was the Zeppelin Engineering Company of Germany!
I have got confirmation that the memorial is inside the building and
there is no public access.
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