V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial
V2 Rocket Memorial

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Open-air memorial to all V2 rocket victims, and to the three people who died in the first V2 rocket to land in England during World War II. The rocket exploded in Staveley Road on 8th September 1944. It landed in the centre of the road, killing 3 people and injuring 22. It also destroyed 11 houses and seriously seriously damaged 27 in the immediate area. An adjacent information panel gives extensive information about the attack and the victims.
Title

V2 Rocket Memorial

Date

2004

Medium

black granite

Accession number

W4_JF_S010

Acquisition method

The Battlefields Trust, Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society, Southern Electric, and the Heritage Lottery Fund

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Hounslow London Borough Council

Custodian

Hounslow London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

8th September 2004

Access

at all times

Inscription description

top: THE FIRST / V-2 ROCKET / OF LONDON / FELL HERE / 8 SEPTEMBER 1944 / KILLING THREE; front: IN MEMORY OF ALL / V-2 ATTACK VICTIMS THE BATTLEFIELDS TRUST / Brentford and Chiswick Local Hstory Society

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Located at

Staveley Road, Chiswick

W4 3ES

Between two suburban houses, No 5.