Although titled "Blitz" and dedicated in honour of those firefighters who gave their lives in the Defence of the Nation - Additional information:Firewoman, N. Daughter of William H. Died at 17 Stanley Road. CWGC www. Additional information:of 25 Stanley Road. Injured at 25 Stanley Road; died same day at Mayday Hospital. Additional information:of 17 Stanley Road. The first V-1 was launched at London on 13 June , one week after and prompted by the successful Allied landing in Europe.
At its peak, over a hundred V-1s a day were fired at southeast England, 9, in total, decreasing in number as sites were overrun until October , when the last V-1 site in range of Britain was overrun by Allied forces. Approximately 10, were fired at England; 2, reached London, killing about 6, people and injuring 17, Source: en. Additional information:N. Dover suffered a resurgence of long-range shelling in September , as the Germans took a last chance to fire before being forced back out of range.
Its probable that Ellen died as a result of one of these incidents. Additional information:Driver, A. Daughter of the late Arthur Beresford Cane, C. Died at 10 Earl's Terrace. At hours, raids started coming out of Le Havre making for Shoreham and London. These were followed by a sequence of other raids on the same course which were not, however, as numerous as usual. At about the same time, raids from the direction of Holland crossed the North Norfolk coast and for the most part remained in East Anglia except for two which penetrated more deeply Westwards.
None of these raids appeared to proceed to the London area. At about hours, there was a temporary lull and after hours owing to returning friendly bombers, it became difficult to distinguish hostile tracks. However, enemy activity in the London area continued and appeared to increase after hours. The approach was mainly from the South Coast but a few raids flew in from East Anglia.
In the London area, activity further increased after hours and only at hours had the last raid recrossed the coast. During the night London was again the chief target and was continuously bombed from nightfall onwards. Many fires were started and hits obtained on railways. A certain amount of indiscriminate bombing was observed in Essex and Surrey, but these particular raids do not appear to have caused much damage or casualties. There were no casualties, but effect on production is not yet ascertained.
