Forest hill station was also hit by a flying bomb in 1944, although the current one was not built until the 1970s.

and then there's this story about another doodlebug hitting Fermor / Marler Rd.

If you want to investigate further, then the Imperial War Musuem has got information where every bomb fell in London, and is a very good venue for researching information about the war. They have a huge photographic collection of bomb incidents in South London.

Maybe Steve Grinlay can add some more information

That's the nursery annexe to Fairlawn - quite separate - the main Fairlawn School is up Forest Hill Road, opposite the Christian Fellowship Centre.

This is the book I was talking about http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4655437.stm

I cannot unearth, under my piles of paperwork the copies I took of the FH/HOP area, but will keep trying....

Please email the scan (see Contact page) with book details, and we'll check.

Yes, it's curious that rocket strikes in surrounding SE post codes are well documented on the above site but there is absolutely nothing for SE23. I'm personally aware that a V1 fell on One Tree Hill.

Thanks. According to this site, the nearest to One Tree Hill was when a V1 came down in Camberwell Cemetery (SE22) with no casualties.

However, I'm pretty sure one came down actually in One Tree Hill because I know that the casualty who survived (my dad) was walking his dog on the Hill at the time and he subsequently spent three months in hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds.

I guess the Imperial War Museum might be the place to properly check this out.

Sorry, I only copied the one page that I was interested in i.e with my house on it (the whole street is totally white on the map - phew!). Apologies for being so selfish! I hadn't anticipated the wider interest at that time.....

Yes, although not in SE23 this horrible incident was probably Sandhurst Road School, SE6 which was bombed in 1943, killing 38 children and 6 members of staff. There is a mass grave for the victims in Hither Green Cemetery.

All that I have read suggests the bombing was deliberate. The pilot was quoted at the time as saying that he knew what the target was. The incident also caused a lot of controversey because the anti-aircraft defences were out of action at the time.

It was a little tricky as Derby Hill extends across two maps. This is the best I can manage:



The LCC used the 1916 OS maps to mark bomb damaged buildings, updating the maps as necessary. Thus the original Derby Hill, off Dartmouth Road in the right hand image, was on the original while the 1930s extension (on the left hand map) is pencilled in. Derby Hill Crescent isn't marked at all, perhaps because there was no bomb damage there.