Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Hounslow
- Town
- Chiswick
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8 September 2004
Attended by: The Mayor of Hounslow, Councillor Dalbir Cheema; Councillor Paul Lynch; Frank Baldwin, Chair of London & SE Chapter of the Battlefields Trust; James Wisdom, Chair of Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society;
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63244
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Current location
Eastern end of Staveley Road
near Burlington Lane junction
5
Staveley Road
Chiswick
Hounslow
Greater London
W4 3ES
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 20628 77345
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A tapering plinth forming a stone of remembrance, made of black polished granite. There is a commemorative inscription. The front face of the plinth bears a further short commemoration above the emblem of the Battlefields Trust. The plinth is fixed to a base of the same black stone and set within a square area bordered by low metal railing. There is an Information Board with text and images to the side.
- Inscription
- Top of plinth: THE FIRST/ V-2 ROCKET/ ON LONDON/ FELL HERE/ 8 SEPTEMBER 1944/ KILLING THREE. 6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF ALL/ V-2 ATTACK VICTIMS./ THE BATTLEFIELDS TRUST/ BRENTFORD & CHISWICK/ LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Adjacent Information Board gives details of damage and casualties of V2 attack of 8.9.1944 (supplied by Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society).
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: depth 35mm, height 535mm, width 35mm
Materials: Granite - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: depth 840mm, width 1093mm
Materials: Metal - Board
Measurements: height 880mm, width 880mm
Materials: Wood - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- Costs
Comments: Scottish & Southern Energy plc gave permission for memorial to be placed on their land
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: The Battlefields Trust, the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society, Scottish & Southern Energy (permission to use land), Christopher Jolly (landscaping), Mr Scott MacKinlay and other Chiswick residents. - Reference
- www.rttimes.co.uk
- www.independent.co.uk/voices/notebook-a-sudden-wallop-in-staveley-road-outraged-of-chiswick-was-noticeable-by-his-absence-in-the-1555456.html
- news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3634212.stm
- brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/local-history/war/commemorating-the-chiswick-v2/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staveley_Road
- File of material about the attack and the memorial will be placed in the local Studies Collection at Chiswick Library. On the same day the Town Council of Wassenaar in Holland, where the V2 was launched, unveiled their own memorial.
- Brentwood, Chiswick, Isleworth Times, Friday 10 September 2004.
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