The Blitz and Bomb Damage
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Land mine, Sandy Lane, Teddington
Land mine, Sandy Lane, Teddington
Land mine, Sandy Lane, Teddington
Parade of Shops, Coombe Lane, New Malden, 16 August 1940
St. Mark's Church, 2 October 1940
St. Mark's Church, western end and tower, 2 October 1940
St. Mark's Church, the altar, 2 October 1940
5, 7, 9 Victoria Avenue, 27 September 1940
10 and 12 Elmbridge Avenue, 9 September 1940
174-6 Tolworth Rise, 9 September 1940
76 and 78 Ewell Road, 3 November 1940
Isolation Hospital, 17 November 1940
Junction of Kingston Rd and Elm Rd, New Malden showing bomb damage
Rear of 298 and 300 Ewell Rd, 28 July 1941
300-312 Ewell Road, 28 July 1941
Unexploded bomb at corner of The Crescent and Mount Pleasant Rd, New Malden 1941
Bomb damage in South Lane area, 1940, New Malden
Bomb damage in South Lane area, 1940, New Malden
Bomb damage in South Lane area, 1940, New Malden
Bomb damage in South Lane area, 1940, New Malden
St. Andrew's parish hall, 21 August 1944
Balaclava Road, 21 August 1944
Derby Road, 5 October 1944
Tolworth Park Road, 17 June 1944
Elmbridge Ave, 5 July 1944
Bomb damage in South Lane area, 1940, New Malden
The Blitz and Bomb Damage
One of the first raids was on 16 August 1940. German planes bombed and machine gunned the area around New Malden Station, killing 80 civilians and injuring many more. The raid took place just as a train was drawing up in the station. It was the first, and one of the most shocking of all the bombing raids on the district.
On 2 October 1940 , St. Mark's Church in Surbiton, was gutted by an oil bomb. Censorship restrictions meant that the event was not reported in the local press until December.
In the latter years of the war, the air raids stopped, but rocket attacks started. At 2.35pm on 22 January 1945 , a V2 rocket dropped at the junction of Park Road and New Road , Kingston . There was no warning. Over 2000 houses were damaged.