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Not many colour photographs of bomb damage across the UK exist from the second world war. When they do crop up they immediately bring home the devastation caused. This street somewhere in Battersea/Clapham (going by Battersea Power Station in the background - note the power station had three chimneys at this time) shows the level of blast damage caused by the explosion. Sadly there is very little more information about the cause whether an HE bomb or V1 incident. UPDATE: the street has been positively identified as Tennyson Street, Wandsworth.  Original WW2 colour photo of bomb damage in London.
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Rachel Anderson
8/5/2024 17:09:14
This could be 1944 as the Hector family (William & Laura and sons, Eric & Michael) living at 94 Tennyson Street were all killed on the 18th June 1944 from German bombing. This date suggests that it was a V1 which caused this destruction and their deaths.
Graham Charles Lester
5/28/2025 17:15:18
Amazing, my mother's cousins lived at 94A and were both killed by the same bomb. Their names were Ronald and Thomas Coleman, aged nine and five. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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