Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks
18 June 1944 · London, Greater London
View this record on the map →- Date
- 18 June 1944
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- V1
- Casualties
- 121
- Location
- London, Greater London
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, landmark point
What happened
A V-1 struck the Guards' Chapel during Sunday morning service, collapsing the concrete roof onto the congregation. It was the deadliest single V-1 incident of the war in London.
Casualty note
121 killed and 141 injured, service personnel and civilians together.
Also worth knowing
The chapel was rebuilt in a modernist style and completed in 1963.