Trench shelters were a rapid and quick build solution for the construction of public air raid refuges in London during the Second World War. They
Tag: Brompton Cemetery
Church of the Holy Redeemer and Upper Cheyne Row disaster- 14th September 1940.
It was Saturday 14th September 1940 and the eighty or so Chelsea people packed into the crypt of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy
Turk’s Row and Sloane Court East V1 doodlebug disaster
The slideshow above offers two views of the plaque unveiled in 1998 in memory of the V1 casualties as well as one view of the
Chelsea Blitz 1940 to 1945. Part One- Preparing for war. 1939 to 1940.
Will it ever be possible to adequately establish a memorial which properly remembers the civilian war dead of Chelsea in the Second World War and
Chelsea Blitz time line 1940 to 1945: incidents and casualties
[This is a work in progress online posting intended to eventually present a full Chelsea Blitz timeline narrative. More detailed narratives of large-scale incidents with
Beaufort Street (including Beaufort Mansions)
Second World War There were twenty bombing incidents in Beaufort Street during WW2 and six incidents impacting on Beaufort Mansions. In the worst, around 50