Mounted on the wall on the left-hand side of the entrance gate to the Cavalry Square.

A white rectangular stone plaque inscribed in English in incised lettering. During the Second World War, the large apartment blocks known as Sloane Court and Sloane Court East were in use by the 30th Chemical Processing Company of the United States Army while it was stationed in Chelsea. At about 8 a.m. on Monday, July 3, 1944, a V-1 Flying Bomb fell in the street outside Sloane Court East. Within seconds, the bomb exploded at the north-west end of the road, close to the intersection with Turk’s Row, releasing a blast equivalent to a 1,000kg parachute mine —a blast that did not produce a crater but was strong enough to destroy the surrounding housing units and start a fire. The death toll was – 74 American service personnel – including several women were killed along with 3 British civilians and with many more injured. On the opposite side of the road, another small plaque is set on a pavement that marks the very spot where the missile fell.

Source of information: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk, www.londonmemorial.org, blitzwalkers.blogspot.com

Source of images: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

IN MEMORY OF

THE 74 AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL

OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

AND THREE CIVILIANS

WHO WERE KILLED ON THE 3RD JULY 1944

BY A ‘V1’ FLYING BOMB

IN SLOANE COURT EAST / TURKS ROW

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM