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Willow Road Air Raid - November
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Willow Road Enfield 16th November
1940 – the morning after the air raid
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Enfield had its worst
night of the Blitz on 15/16th November 1940. There were 34 separate incidents in this
one district alone when in addition to high explosive and incendiary bombs,
there were seven parachute mines. The first of these fell just before 10 p.m
at the junction
of Willow
and Peartree roads. Immediately afterwards and another fell in
London road. At the Willow Road
incident, where a number of houses were demolished and others damaged, the
mine fell close to the wardens post on the corner of Peartree road. Mr F. Somers, a full-time warden, was
standing near the entrance to the post and was killed instantly. Part-time warden Mr S. Greenaway was
fatally injured and died later in Chase Farm Hospital. Two other part-time wardens Mr F.Silvester
and Mr F. Dancey were badly injured. Dr Karsten, a german
jewish refugee who had brought his family to England and set up practice
here, was killed along with his wife and another relative, all of whom lived
opposite the post. Click
here for maps of the bombed area |
A bench and plaque mark the spot of the Air Raid wardens post –
circa 1960’s
The memorial bench today – recently restored by Enfield Council
The original Commemorative plaque