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Bomb Damage in Windsor

Quite a lot of bombs fell on Windsor in World War II and the demage caused is still visible if you know where to look. Here is a short history tour of the bomb damaged sites of Windsor, Berkshire. Most of the links are to aerial photographs of the locations.

Firstly, a bomb fell on Wednesday 23rd October 1940 close to the barracks on the site of the Hong Kong Restaurant. The pub which stood there took heavy damage, and the entire building was demolished.

Just before dawn (5.30am) the following day. A bomb fell on the gardens at the junction of Clarence Crescent and Clarence Road opposite the Princess Christian Nursing Home. Stand at the park railings and you will see a deep dip here on this corner. This ditch is in fact a remenant of the bomb crater.

A V2 exploded near Savill Gardens leaving a 100 foot crater. Thankfully this was parkland so nobody or property was damaged.

However, the worst damage was from a V1 doodlebug in 1944.

Windsor resident John Munday told of his Windsor V1 experience to the BBC who have kindly reproduced his words on their history website. He recalls a V1 hitting a chimney in Kentons Lane, Dedworth.