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Earlsbrook Road, Earlswood, Redhill
St. John's Road, Earlswood, Redhill
and publisher Windsor-Spice Ltd.
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Earlswood incident by flying bomb. June 19th 1944. Windsor Spice Ltd. "On the night of Monday, June 19th, the Borough suffered its heaviest blow from the (flying bombs) when ten people and a baby were killed at Earlswood and a number of others injured. The flying bomb was heard approaching, there was an outburst of gun fire from a battery to the south east and when this had ceased, the noise of the motor had gone. There was a swishing sound as the bomb dived to earth in the garden of a house at the angle of Earlsbrook Road and St. John's Road. The terrific force of the explosion demolished houses and shattered others, burying the unfortunate residents in the debris of their ruined homes. That night the rescue services and the medical units worked with unwearing energy and billiting officers strove to lessen the cruel disaster which had befallen the district." The Borough in War Time, By Charles W. Preston.
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