St. Jamess Church, Croydon: Correspondence Relating to the Rebuilding of the Church Hall
Part of Miscellaneous Records Relating to St. James' Church, Croydon
File containing correspondence concerning the rebuilding of the Church Hall which had been destroyed by a V1 on 17 June 1944; the Vicarage on Tavistock Road was also badly damaged. The Church Hall was eventually rebuilt on the same location.
St Johns (Ce) Primary School [Shirley School] : Log Book
All age 1917 - 1933; Primary 1933 - 1951. Includes an account by Mr Walter J. Pyman, Headmaster, of the destruction of the school by a V1 flying bomb on Wednesday 26 July 1944 and the subsequent removal to Benson School.
St Peters Primary School: Log Book
Part of St Peters Primary School
Includes description of damage inflicted on school by German bomb which hit the air raid shelter, killing three people, with press cutting containing photograph, 24 - 25 March 1944.
Lady Edridge Girls High School: Log Book
Part of Lady Edridge Girls High School
Includes references to bombing: school hit by an incendiary bomb, 15 March 1944; flying bomb landed nearby, 21 June 1944.