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1. ww2db.com › place › United-KingdomDartford in WW2 History | World War II Database

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   Home. » Events. » WW2 Timeline. » Dartford in WW2 History. 25 Aug 1944. United Kingdom. The amount of V-1 flying bombs being sent over the English Channel was now noticeably decreasing as the Allied armies pushed into the Netherlands and captured and destroyed the launching sites. The German Air Force still were able to launch missiles with ...

2. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleBomb-Damage Maps Reveal London’s World War II Devastation

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   May 18, 2016 · Hand-colored maps record the damage in London from air attacks during World War II. This map shows the Deptford area of southeast London.

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   What was Dartford College like during World War II?

   • During World War II, Martina Bergman-Österberg’s college at Dartford was evacuated to Newquay in Cornwall, at which time it was renamed the Dartford College of Physical Education. In 1976, Dartford College was amalgamated with Thames Polytechnic; gymnastics instruction ceased in 1982, and by 1986 teacher training had also stopped.

   Dartford College: then and now | Colleges | Our Netball

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   Is Dartford in London?

   • Situated 18 miles south-east of Central London, Dartford actually falls into the shire county of Kent, whilst just shy of being part of London, it isn’t classified as so. Despite this, Dartford is still very closely linked to London. Is Dartford in a London borough? Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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   What happened in Dartford in 1914?

   • Aircraft were scrambled on December 1914 to intercept German bombers who had dropped bombs near Cliffe. There was an anti-aircraft battery at the top of Brent Road in Dartford which shot down a Zeppelin in 1916; the first recorded shooting down of a by ground fire in the country.

   Dartford - Kent In WW1

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   What is the history of Dartford?

   • Here the process of paper-making was introduced by Sir John Spelman, a German, in the 16th century, and is now carried on extensively by Mr Thomas Harry Saunders; and in 1590 the process of rolling and slitting iron, by Godfrey Box, a Brabanter. ..." 1852? Dartford fell within the Hundred of Dartford & Wilmington.

   Dartford - North West Kent Family History Society

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4. www.francisfrith.com › dartford › dartford-duringDartford During World War II - a nostalgic memory of Dartford

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   Jun 13, 2017 · A Memory of Dartford. I was born in Ash Road Dartford in 1929, moved to Miskin Road about 1934, then to Halford Way, where we spent the war, and from where I left to get married at Holy Trinity Church in 1951. Earliest memories were of Miss Jolly comforting me when I started at the C of E. Primary School at the bottom of West Hill aged five, in ...

5. www.remotelondon.com › orchard-hospital-dartfordThe Orchard Hospital, exploring a lost ghost of the Dartford ...

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   Nov 28, 2019 · During WW2 the army made use of The Orchard, up until D-Day. Shortly after their departure in 1944, almost half of the wooden hospital buildings were destroyed by enemy bombing and fire. Some accounts say the damage was caused by an early V1 flying bomb. About a dozen, single-storey brick buildings survived.

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7. www.bbc.co.uk › history › ww2peopleswarBBC - WW2 People's War - Adventures on Dartford Heath

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   Dec 14, 2005 · Adventures on Dartford Heath. I was eight years old in 1941 and living in Dartford. After we were bombed out in 1941 we moved to a cheap 1930s semi-detached rented house in Chastiliann Road which ...

8. daily.jstor.org › what-life-was-like-during-theWhat Life Was Like During the London Blitz - JSTOR Daily

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   Aug 20, 2018 · Politics & History. What Life Was Like During the London Blitz. During WWII, 150,000+ people sought shelter in London’s Tube stations each night. Over time, the various stations developed their own mini-governments. Londoners taking shelter in the Tube during the Blitz, via Wikimedia Commons. By: Livia Gershon. August 20, 2018. 3 minutes.

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10. www.iwm.org.uk › memorials › itemDartford Civilians - WW2 | War Imperial War Museums

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    Dartford. County. Kent. Country. England. Commemoration. Second World War - civilians. Lost. Not lost.