Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Lewisham
- Town
- New Cross
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th November 1994
Attended by: Gurbakhsh Garcha, Mayor of Lewisham, and Joan Ruddock MP
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12140
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Current location
277-281
Iceland Store
New Cross Road
New Cross
Lewisham
Greater London
SE14 6AS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 36297 76982
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular metal plaque with black lettering on the wall of the Iceland store (formerly Woolworth's) in New Cross Road. Note: there is a more recent (2009) London Borough of Lewisham maroon round aluminium plaque commemorating the same attack on the same wall - see record 63287.
- Inscription
- REMEMBERING WOOLWORTHS/ 168 PEOPLE KILLED/ IN BRITAIN'S WORST V2 ATTACK/ 26TH NOVEMBER 1944/ DEPTFORD HISTORY GROUP 1994
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height C 150 mm, width C 230 mm
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Lewisham War Memorials: lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/memorial:new-cross-woolworths-v2-memorial
- Sunday Telegraph 27 Nov.1994
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/new-cross-v2-attack-plaque-1
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