Air Raids etc

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1 1936 Air raid precautions, compactor converted to decontamination unit 16 Jul 1937 Midnight til 3am street lights extinguished and ARP exercise 24 Mar 1938 Midnight til 2am blackout, air raid precautions tested 27 Jul 1939 Test evacuation 1 Sep 1939 Evacuation started 7 Sep 1940 First blitz in London, often called the first blitz, despite the fact we had already been subject to six raids 1 11 Jul 1940 First raid, 24 planes, Drayton Road School ARP Post, Portchester Road, Farlington Road, Kingston Cross - Blue Anchor, Rudmore gasholder Jul 1940 Drayton Road School, 51 Farlington Road, 3 Gamble Road, 12 Lyndhurst Road Aug bombers, Portsea - St Johns Church, Bonfire Corner, Harbour Station, Naval Barracks; Old Portsmouth - Penny Street & Southsea - Orchard Road 89,180 Queen Street, St Georges Square, Penny Street Aug 1940 Brickwoods Brewery, Britain Street - Corporation Flats, 29 Curzon Howe Road, St Georges Square Shelter, 20 & 24 St Vincent Street Aug bombers, 67 bombs, Lake Road - Princes Theatre, Baptist Church; Southsea Green Road, Stanley Street, Albert Grove, Bedford Street, Middle Street, Hambrook Street 89,180 Alexandra Building, HMS Vernon, Dockyard Aug Ariel Road, 2 Bedford Street, 10 Blackfriars Road, Brougham Road, 11,19 & 23 Buckingham Place, 1-2 Canal Walk, 19 Chelsea Road, 68 & 72 Duke Street, 16 Harley Street, Princes Theatre Lake Road, Lincoln Road, 22 & 28 Olinda Street, 58 Orchard Road, Penhale Road, St Edwards Road, 46 St Georges Square, 87 St James Road, 29 St Marys Road, 1 Stanley Street, Stone Street, Sussex Place, 15 Thorncroft Road, 2 Westminster Place, 9-11 Whitwell Road, 11& 19 Wimpole Street, 20,21 York Street Aug H.E Bombs, Hilsea Gasworks Aug H.E Bombs Aug 1940 Stamford Street, Methodist Church, damaged Sep H.E bomb Sep H.E bomb, St Albans Church Sep H.E bombs Sep H.E bombs, Wymering Oct 1940 Pickfords Depository Swan Street and Government House gutted by fire 89 Evening raid with showers of incendiaries, Portsmouth Grammar School Oct H.E bomb Oct H.E bombs, Shearer Road, Ewart Road, New Road East and Percival Road 89, Oct Shearer Road 9 27 Oct 1940 George Street, St Wilfreds bomb damage Oct H.E bombs, Goldsmith Avenue - Evans & Co, Suffolk Road, Devonshire Avenue 89, Oct Devonshire Avenue, 5 or 50 Suffolk Road, 69 Suffolk Road Nov H.E bombs, Cosham, Horsea Island Nov H.E bombs, Copnor and North End Nov Bowler Avenue, 38 Lichfield Road, Sunningdale Road 9 10 Nov 1940 Hayling Avenue, St Cuthberts, bomb damage 9,138, Nov H.E bombs, Cosham Nov H.E bombs, Middle Street Nov & 44 Middle Street Nov H.E bombs, Farlington Nov H.E bomb, Daulston Road 89

2 22 23 Nov H.E bombs, Milton; 1 H.E bomb Penhale Road Nov 1940 Priory Crescent Nov 1940 Paulsgrove Nov H.E bombs near golf course Dec Cowper Road 9 5 Dec H.E bombs, Dockyard, HMS Vernon 89,180 HMS Vernon - Alexandra Building and damage to Warrior Block Dec & Belgrave Street, 21 Clifton Street, 12, 13, 15 & 16 Cowper Road, Fratton Station, 87 & 93 St Marys Road, 76 Stamford Street Dec H.E bombs, western area 89 6 Dec H.E bombs, western area and Dockyard Dec Prospect Road Dec H.E bombs, Farlington Dec H.E bombs, Farlington Dec Locarno Road Dec H.E bombs, Victoria Road Dec H.E bombs Dec H.E bombs, Hard, Dockyard 180 Incendiaries in HMS Vernon, Post Office on Hard destroyed by direct hit Dec Clock Street, 14 The Hard Dec H.E 2250lb bomb, Conway Street Dec Abercrombie Street, Conway Street School, 60, 64, 68 Conway Street, Copenhagen Street 9 23 Dec 1940 Conway Street, aircraft crash loaded with mines, flash was white of mines, not red of H.E bomb Jan 1941 First Blitz, Palmerston Road, Kings Road, Guildhall, Commercial Road, Hippodrome, Royal Hospital, Lake Road Salvation Army, Central Hotel, Royal Sailors Rest, 3 cinemas, Clarence Pier, Unitarian Church, Elm Grove Baptist, Victoria Road Baptist, Kent Street Baptist, Wesley Arundel Street 89 Two waves of HE Bombs and incendiaries, 8 HE in HMS Vernon open ground, remains of building 17 destroyed by incendiaries as was clock tower of Building 21, The Hard, Queen Street, Kings Road, High Street, Guildhall, Curtiss Repository, Clarence Pier Jan Abingdon Road, Albert Road, Arundel Street, Bedford Street, Besant Road Shelter, Bramble Road Shelter, 5 Bush Street East, 115 Chichester Road, 127 Church Road, Church Road -Wardens Post, Commercial Road (Hippodrome), Copper Street, 105 Cottage Grove, 6 Cressy Road, Crown Street, 13 & 16B Eastern Villas Road, Edinburgh Road, 159 Fawcett Road, Fratton School, 33 Frederick Street, Grand Parade, 101 High Street, Highbury Street, 10 Jubilee Terrace, King Albert Street, Kings Road, 4 Lion Terrace, Lombard Street, Orchard Road, Pelham Road, 133 St Augustine Road, St Georges Square, St Pauls Road, 61 Sutherland Road, Talbot Road, Timpson Road Warden s Post, 5-6 Tower Road, 26 Victoria Road 9 10 Jan 1941 Surrey Street, Circus Church Jan 1941 Fratton Road, St Marys Mission, bomb damage Jan 1941 Victoria Road North, Southern Secondary School Feb 1941? Stamford Street, Methodist Church Jan H.E bombs, Horsea Island Mar H.E bomb, Hilsea Barracks 89 4 Mar 1941 Hilsea Barracks Mar Mar H.E bombs Mar H.E bombs, Portsea, Southsea and Fratton 89 9 Mar 1941 Hanover Street 9

3 37 10 Mar 1941 Second Blitz, 250 H.E bombs, southern half of city, St Matthews Church, Royal Garrison Church Mar 1941 Balliol Road 10 Mar 1941 Gieves, 22 The Hard, bombed 181 Vernon House, Mining Tank and Princess Margaret Building, Building 44 top floor gutted Mar Binstead Road, Quay House Broad Street, 111, 115 & 117 Chichester Road, Clarendon Road, 2 Derby Road, 264 Fawcett Road, 21 Garnier Street, 24 & 25 Grenville Road, 39 Havelock Road, 7 Hellyer Road, Hyde Park Road, Oriel Road, Plymouth Street, 173 Powerscourt Road, 30 Regent Street, 4 Rivers Street, 20 St James Street, 90 St Vincent Street, Warblington Street, Westfield Road Mar H.E bombs, Fratton district, Alexandra Hospital 89 HMS Vernon, Dido Building destroyed Mar Ashburton Road, Clive Road, 43 Cressy Road, 32 Garnier Street, Grosvenor Street, 88 Methuen Road Mar H.E bombs, Cressy Road Mar , 45-47, 55 Cressy Road Apr H.E bombs 89 Incendiary raid on HMS Vernon Apr Claxton Street, 10 Harrow Road, Kilmiston Street, 81 Kirby Road, Lake Road Skating Rink, Mayfield Road, 109 Ophir Road, 17 Worthing Road Apr H.E bombs, 7 parachute mines, Highbury Estate Apr H.E bombs Apr & 11Ashburton Road, 2 Portland Road Apr H.E bombs, Portsdown Apr H.E bombs, 5 parachute mines 89 2 parachute mines on Hard side of Railway Embankment Apr Heyshott Road, bomb damage 9 18 Apr Lichfield Road, 52 Pretoria Road Apr H.E bombs, Somerset Road Apr Somerset Road, Strand Shelter, Burgoyne Shelter 9 23 Apr 1941 Somerset Road Shelter Apr H.E bombs Apr 1941 Third Blitz, 10 H.E bombs, 27 parachute mines, Royal Hospital, Station Street, Commercial Road - McIlroys 89 Dockyard, Colewort Barracks Apr Alpha Street, 25 Baker Street, 52 & 74-76, 80 Bath Road, Beresford Road, 3-6 Cairo Terrace, Emanuel Street, Frederick Street, 16 Hale Street, 78 Laburnum Grove, 7,9 & 13 Malins Road, Oxford Street Shelter, 197 Somers Road, St Edmunds Road, Town Station, 5 Warren Avenue 9 27 April 1941 Milton Road, Congregational Church Milton Road 29 April 1941? Wingfield Street, Methodist May H.E bombs 89 3 May Clegg Road, 10 Hampton Street, Hampton Street Shelter, 46 Lowcay Road, Marylebone Street Shelter, Telegraph Street May H.E bombs Arundel Street, Newcastle Street, Belgrave Street 89 4 May Belgrave Street, Chaplin s Stables, 41 Delhi Street, St Johns Road, 91 & 95 Walmer Road May H.E bombs, Cosham May H.E bombs, Hilsea Gasworks May Aylen Road, 61 Locarno Road May 1941 Spithead May H.E bombs, Tipnor 89

4 54 12 Jun H.E bombs, Copnor RAOC Jun H.E bombs, southern part including Torrington Road Jun Bath Road, 6 Hunter Road Jun Parachute bombs Jul 1941 Sea off Stamshaw 89? 14 Jun Dunbar Road Aug H.E bombs, Cosham and Milton Aug H.E bombs Dec H.E bombs, Henderson Road Jun H.E bombs, Kirby Road; Randolph Road Jun Randolph Road Aug H.E bombs, Heaviest raid for 2 years, 91 bombers Aug Central Street, 59 Walmer Road 9 15 Aug 1943 Crasswell Street, St Faiths Aug Farlington Road, 29, 35 & 53 Fifth Street, 1, 6 & 16 Landport Street, Lower Forbury Road, 1 Osborne Street Oct Apr 1944 St Faiths Road Shelter 2case Apr Liverpool Road, 16 Victoria Road South 9 27 Apr Pye Street, St Faiths Road Shelter, Temple Street Flats May 1944 Copnor Road May Fratton Road, 268 Somers Road May 1944 Cambridge Junction /15 Jul , 85, 87, 89, 91, 93 Newcomen Road, 90,96 Winstanley Road 9? V1 caused damage around 172/174 Locksway Road/Meryl Road 9

5 Properties rebuild/repaired due to bombing to 1950 Admiralty Road Repair Brewery Albert Grove Rebuild Albert Road Repair 2b, 11-13, 179 Allcott Road Rebuild 1-7 All Saints Road Repair14 Alver Road Repair 78 Ashburton Road Repair 2-6, 16 Aylen Road Rebuild 41, Baffins Road Repair 122 Baker Street Rebuild Factory: Repairs Balfour Road Rebuild Balliol Road Rebuild Bath Road Rebuild 1-11, 2-26, , 164: Repair 36 Battenburg Avenue Rebuild Beatrice Road Repair 34 Beaulieu Road Rebuild 1-3, 16-32, Bedford Street Repair 56 Beresford Road Rebuild Besant Road Repair 27 Bishop Street Rebuild Factory Bowler Avenue Rebuild Bradford Road Rebuild 34 Bramshott Road Rebuild 85-87, 86-94, Bristol Road Rebuild 8: Repairs 1 Britain Street Rebuild Brunel House Flats Broad Street OP Rebuild 48-50: Repair Brompton Road Repair 77 Brookfield Road Repairs 28 Buckland Street Repair 38 Burlington Road Rebuild Butcher Street Repair 36 Castle Road Repair 36 Cecil Grove Repair 7 Charlotte Street Rebuild 25: Repair Chasewater Avenue Rebuild 78-80, 79: Repair 52 Chesterfield Road Rebuild Chichester Road Rebuild , Church Path North Repairs The Mars Church Road Repairs 101 Church Street Repairs 35 Church View Rebuild Lynette, Kasvin, Homestead, Ashdene Clarence Parade Rebuild 11, Clarendon Road Repair 108 Clegg Road Rebuild 2-6 Clifton Road Reconstruction 1 Clive Road Repair 145 Commercial Road Rebuild 87, 91, , , 199a, , : Repair 29, 89, 94, , 347, 374, 513 Common Street Repair 2 Copnor Road Rebuild 54-76, 61-71, : Repair 53, St Albans Church Cornwall Road Rebuild 31 Cottage Grove Repair 39, 57, 59 Crofton Road NE Rebuild 34 Curtis Terrace Repairs 27

6 Curzon Howe Road Rebuild Daulston Road Rebuild 1-5, 2-12 Delamere Road Rebuild 46 Dover Road Rebuild 38-46, Duke Street Repairs 12 Dunbar Road Rebuild 2-20, 9-19, Eastern Villas Road Reconstruction 11 Eastfield Road Rebuild 28: Repair 217 Ebery Grove Rebuild Edgeware Road Rebuild 2-4 Edinburgh Road Repair Empire Palace Edmund Road Rebuild 55-69, Elm Grove Rebuild : Repair 45-49, 54-56, 75(Mikado Buildings), 85, , 159, St Heliers Ewart Road Rebuild 5-9 Farlington Road Rebuild 47-51, Festing Road Rebuild 12: Repair 10 Folkestone Road Rebuild 78, Foster Road Rebuild 22 Francis Avenue Repairs 243 Fratton Grove Repair Bakery Fratton Road Rebuild 33-35, 67-99, 118: Repair 14-18, Carnegie Library: Reinstatement 45, 354 Frensham Road Rebuild Garden Lane Repairs Alma Cottage Gladys Avenue Repairs Laundry Glencoe Road Rebuild 2-4 Gold Street Repair 35 Goldsmith Avenue Rebuild 26: Repair 4-5 Fratton Buildings Grand Parade Repairs 4 Grayshott Road Rebuild 12-16, Great Southsea Street Repairs 1 Grove Road North Reapirs 1a, 9 Guildford Road Rebuild Hard Repair 2 Harley Street Repair 41-45, Harold Road Rebuild 20-26, 31 Hartley Road Repair 7-13 Haslemere Road Rebuild Havant Street Repairs 24, Havelock Road Rebuild 26, 43, Vicarage rebuilt as flats Hawke Street Repair 8 Hayling Avenue Rebuild 2, 11-37, 12-16, , : Repair 9, Church Hay Street Repair 11a Hellyer Road Rebuild 5-9 Henley Road Rebuild Henderson Road Rebuild 106 Hereford Road Rebuild 4 Hereford Street Rebuild 7-9 Hertford Street Rebuild 63 Hewett Road Rebuild 15-23, Heyshott Road Rebuild 8-16 High Street Repair 10a, 11 Hyde Park Road Repair 17 Inverness Road Rebuild 6-10 Ivy Street Repair 2-4 Jubilee Road Rebuild 44-48

7 Kimbolton Road Rebuild 1-3, 2-8 King Street Southsea Repairs Brewery Kingston Road Repair Kirby Road Rebuild 71-79, Laburnum Grove Rebuild 57-87, Lake Road Repairs 105, 171, 273 Lawrence Road Rebuild Lichfield Road Rebuild 1, 15a, Liss Road Rebuild 1 Livingstone Road Rebuild 6-8: Repair 15, 31 Locarno Road Rebuild 31, 59-61, 60 Locksway Road Rebuild 3-11, , North Lodge: Repair , 204 Longs Road Rebuild 8 Lorne Road Rebuild 1 Lowcay Road Rebuild 19-21, 27, Lyndhurst Road Rebuild 10-14, 37-47: Repairs 88 Maitland Street Repair 83 Margate Road Rebuild 11 Marmion Road Repair 25 Mayfield Road Rebuild Maylands Avenue Rebuild 1 Meadow Street Repair 17 Melbourne Street Repair 25 Merton Road Repair 15 Milton Road Rebuild , Nurses Home: Repairs Travellers Joy: Garage Montgomerie Road Rebuild 76 Napier Road Repairs 77 Nettlecombe Ave Rebuild 38 New Road Repair 45 Nobbs Lane Repair Foundry Northcote Road Rebuild 53 Oliver Road Rebuild Orchard Road Rebuild , : Repair 49 Oriel Road Rebuild 38-42, 60-68, 76-80, 86-88, 92: Repair 28, 36, 60 Osborne Road Repairs Queens Hotel Paddington Road Rebuild Pains Road Rebuild Parkstone Avenue Rebuild 4 houses Pembroke Road Repair 19, 23 Penhale Road Rebuild 84 Percival Road Rebuild Plymouth Street Repair 20 Portchester Road Rebuild 1-5, 26-30, Portland Road Repair 3, Brunswick House Pretoria Road Rebuild Prince Regent Street Repair 44 Prospect Road Rebuild Railway View Reconstruction 34 Randolph Road Rebuild 29-31, 30-38, 35-37, Reginald Road Rebuild 19 Renny Road Repair 16 Ridge Street Repair 1a, 36 Ringwood Road Repair 33 Riga Terrace Repair Rudmore Place Rebuild Timber Shed Russell Street Repairs 53-55

8 Rutland Road Rebuild Factory Queen Street Rebuild 8/8a, 91: Repair 130, 154, The Camden Queens Terrace Repairs 3-4 St Augustine Road Rebuild 55-77, 66-74, , 133, : Repair 114 St Chads Avenue Rebuild St James Road Repair 56, 78 St Marys Road Repair 4,10 St Peters Grove Rebuild St Pirans Avenue Rebuild 40-44, 60, St Ronans Road Rebuild 11: Reconstruction 9 Sandringham Road Rebuild 2c, 2-8, 5-9 Seagrove Road Rebuild Sea View Repair 18 Shearer Road Rebuild 14, 99 Sheffield Road Rebuild 1-3, 2 Shirley Road Rebuild 10 Simpson Road Repairs St Johns Church Somers Road Rebuild 85-91: Repair 99, 139, 216, 224a Somers Road North Rebuild Warehouse: Repairs St Marys Institute Stafford Road Rebuild 2-4, 3 Stanley Avenue Rebuild Stanley Street Repair 20 Station Road Rebuild 22 Stone Street Repair 41 Stride Avenue Repair 115 Sultan Road Rebuild 127: Repair 118 Sunningdale Road Rebuild Surrey Street Rebuild 39 Sussex Place Rebuild 6 Tangier Road Rebuild Taswell Road Rebuild Thorncroft Road Rebuild Toronto Road Repair Torrington Road Rebuild Tower Road Rebuild 4, 5, 6, 7: Reconstruction 8 Twyford Avenue Repair 25-29, 276 Ventnor Road Rebuild 2-14 Victoria Grove Rebuild 4-10, Repairs 24 Victoria Road North Repair 124 Victoria Road South Rebuild 16, Walmer Road Rebuild 61: Repair 36 Waltham Street Repairs 19 Warren Avenue Rebuild Rosetta, Sunnyside, St Mawes, Thornbury Waverley Road Repairs 1a, 89 Wellington Place Repair Western Parade Repair Whitwell Road Rebuild 9-11, 13 Winstanley Road Rebuild Winter Road Rebuild Worsley Road Rebuild Worthing Road Rebuild Yarborough Road Rebuild 3, 16

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