American GI And WAC 1994 Memorial Plaque &1998 Stone Plaque on wall

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Reference WMO/281636

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Turks Row Pavement

Turks Road

Sloane Court East

London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

London

SW3

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: US Armed Forces: A small, circular, convex bronze plaque with dedication in raised lettering. ON PAVEMENT NEAR LAMP POST. The plaque that was placed on Turks Row to commemorate the bombing. The ‘100’ killed statistic is incorrect NEW MEMORIAL IN PLACE ON WALL Right hand side The plaque was unveiled on Oct. 4, 1998.
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IN MEMORY OF ALMOST 100 AMERICAN GIs AND WACs KILLED AT SLOANE COURT BY A GERMAN V-1 IN 1944.....................................NEW INSCRIPTION: IN memory of the 74 American personnel of the United States Army and Three civilians who were killed on the 3rd July by a "V1" Flying bomb in Sloane Court East/Turks Row We will Remember Them

Joseph T. Antonellis T/5 130th CPC Calvary Cemetery B, Waltham, Mass. (age 27) Frank T. Badick Pfc 130th CPC St Mary's Greek Catholic Church, Scranton, Penn. (age 27) Robert G. Beach Pfc 130th CPC Trumbull, Conn. (age 19) Harry G. Bennett SSgt 130th CPC Maple Grove Memorial Park, Queens, NY (age 34) Raymond W. Benson Pfc 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 2 Grave 97) Theodore Booras Pvt 130th CPC Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA (age 19) (W.W.2, Section-G, Grave-15); See: Testimonial of Samuel E. Hatch Roland A. Burke Pvt 130th CPC Oceanview Cemetery, Boothbay, Maine (approx. age 31) Joseph Canciglia Cpl 130th CPC St John RC Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York James G. Caruso T/5 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot B Row 5 Grave 39) Stephen Chunco, Jr. Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot E Row 0 Grave 5) Philip Joseph Conley SSgt 130th CPC South Calvary, Portland, Maine (age 24) (newspaper clipping) Robert H. Cooke SSgt 130th CPC Forest City Cemetery, Portland, Maine (age 22) (newspaper clipping) Thomas J. Cooper Sgt 130th CPC Kosciusko Cemetery, Attala County, Miss. (age 27) Lucien E. Cournoyer T/5 130th CPC Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island (age 20) (Plot O 00034) Harold T. Davis Pfc 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 4 Grave 4) Ralph Di Giovine Pvt 130th CPC Fairmont Cemetery, Newark, N.J. (age 21) Derk Derksen Pvt 130th CPC Forest Mound Cemetery, Waupun, Wisc. (age 37) Thomas D. Elder Pvt 130th CPC Carson's Chapel, Taylorsville, N.C. (age 34) Joseph J. Fazio T/5 130th CPC Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Penn. (age 25) Philip L. Fielding Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot E Row 3 Grave 116) Joseph F. Flannery T/5 130th CPC Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, N.Y. James Grant 130th CPC John C. Gray MSgt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 4 Grave 11) Charles H. Haeffner Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 5 Grave 15) Edward L. Harrington Pvt 130th CPC Mount Hope B Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine (age 24) Claude M. Hastey Pvt 130th CPC Fair View Cemetery, Chambers County, Ala. (age 20) Frank A. Hopkins T/5 130th CPC Mount Hope B Cemetery, Augusta, Maine (age 28) Edwin W. Hutcheon T/5 130th CPC Mountain View Cemetery, Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. (age 19) William A. Jackson T/4 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 4 Grave 79) Edward L. Jonas Pfc 130th CPC Clover Leaf Park Cemetery, Woodbridge, N.J. (age 25) Leonard Kittelberger Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 6 Grave 56) Andrew R. Kovalsky T/4 130th CPC Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, N.Y. (age 26) (Plot J, 15302) John H. Maness Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot C Row 0 Grave 38) O'Neil L. Michaud Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot E Row 5 Grave 66) Franklyn Tyler Morrison T/4 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 3 Grave 69) Frank M. Mroczek Pfc 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 7 Grave 92) Donat E. Patry Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot A Row 6 Grave 18) Richard M. Pelton T/5 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 2 Grave 4) Floy R. Perryman 2Lt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot C Row 1 Grave 10) Chester R. Peterson T/Sgt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot B Row 5 Grave 19) (newspaper clipping William C. Pickens Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot A Row 1 Grave 30) Lawrence H. Power T/5 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 2 Grave 81) (critically injured, died July 13, 1944) John J. Powers Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 6 Grave 92) William A. Pranzitelli T/5 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 3 Grave 87) Richard N. Ratliff Pvt 130th CPC Henderson City Cemetery, Chester County, Tenn. (age 39) Raymond A. Renaud Pfc 130th CPC Saint Michael's Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt. (age 22) Christian J. Rothmyer SSgt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 6 Grave 69) Gordon W. Rust Pfc 130th CPC Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. (age 18) Thomas D. Rylands T/5 130th CPC Oak Grove Cemetery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Severino ("Sam") Salvagni Pfc 130th CPC St Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster, N.Y. (WW2 Plot AA) James Schneller T/4 130th CPC Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, N.Y. (age 30) (Plot J, 16400) Norman E. Sief Pfc 130th CPC SS Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Hortonville, Wisc. Oliver J. Simoneau Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot C Row 5 Grave 20) Boyce V. Stone Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot D Row 3 Grave 77) (Red) Weston R. Strout T/5 130th CPC R Valley, Greene, Maine (age 30) Romeo L. Theroux Pfc 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 3 Grave 15) Adrien I. Vallieres Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 2 Grave 25) Carl I. Vance Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot F Row 3 Grave 68) Frederick G. Welchans Pvt 130th CPC Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot C Row 1 Grave 20) Herbert F. Wilder Pvt 130th CPC Chatham Rural Cemetery, Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y. (age 46) Charles E. Young Pvt 130th CPC Sunset Memorial Park, Somerton, Bucks County, Penn. (age 20) Vincent J. ("Amigo") Zanfagna Pvt 130th CPC Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass. (age 27) George P. Stark PFC G-5, SHAEF Lutheran Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio ( incident report) Saul Mark T/5 G-5, SHAEF Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas (age 30) ( incident report) Svend E. Kiar T/5 G-5, SHAEF Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot E Row 4 Grave 106) Reidar C. G. Ogle PFC 2nd Civil Affairs Unit, SHAEF Cambridge American Cemetery, UK (Plot B Row 1 Grave 25) (age 34)................. CIVILIAN CWGC NINE CIVILIANS KILLED, according to government records. Kathleen Alice Canepa“Age 71, Wife of Luigi Canepa, of 1 Sloane Court. 3 July 1944, at 1 Sloane Court.” Veronica (Luigia Alessandra Veronica Maria Vittoria) Canepa “Age 28, Air Raid Warden. Daugher of Luigi Canepa, of 1 Sloane Court, and of Kathleen Alice Canepa. 3 July 1944 at 1 Sloane Court.” May Elizabeth Dodd“Age 54, of 66 Lower Sloane Street. Daugher of the late Alfred Warner Dodd. 3 July 1944 at Lower Sloane Street.” Margaret Ramsey Hallowes“Age 69, of 1B Sloane Court. Daughter of the late Major-General George Skein Hallowes. 3 July 1944 at Sloane Court.” Annie Mabel Howell-Evans“Age 72, ARP Telephonist, of 1 Sloane Court. Daughter of the late Canon and Mrs. W. Howell-Evans, of Edderton Hall, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. 3 July 1944 at 1 Sloane Court.” Mary Elisabeth Howell-Evans“Age 74, WVS, of 1 Sloane Court. Daughter of the late Canon and Mrs. W. Howell-Evans, of Edderton Hall, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. 3 July 1944, at 1 Sloane Court.” Dorothy (“Doris”) Eileen Reid“Age 35, of 4 Gwynn House, Lower Sloane Street. Daughter of Caroline Hall (formerly Reid), of 6 Walsingham Mansions, Fulham Road, and of the late John Reid. 3 July 1944 at 4 Gwynn House.” William Lutley SclatorAge 81, of 10 Sloane Court. Died of his injuries on 4 July 1944 at St. George’s Hospital. Lilian Sarah Seymour“Age 48, of 1 Sloane Court. 3 July 1944 at 1 Sloane Court.”

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