Civilian casualty of WWII, Lewis was killed by enemy action on the family home at 45 Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road.He was 54. His wife Lily and their daughters Irene and Cissie also perished.
Hughes Mansions consisted of three tenement style blocks which had been built in the 1920's in Vallance Road, Stepney.In the mid 20th Century many areas of East London still had high concentrations of Jewish families and Hughes Mansions was no exception to this. On the 25th March 1945 at 07.20 a V2 Rocket struck the buildings. This was the day before the Jewish Passover festival.In the devastation which followed 134 people died. This was the second worst V weapon tragedy with a fatality rate only exceeded by the devastation at New Cross the previous November.What makes this tragedy particularly poignant is that it was the last day of the V2 attacks, although not the last missile. The last one fell the same day in Orpington killing one person.The concentration of Jewish families in the flats can be seen at The Jewish genealogical society web site.This lists the names of all the Jewish people who died. As can been seen from this whole families were wiped out. Hughes mansions was not re-built and today the site remains undeveloped as a children's playground
Hughes Mansions consisted of three tenement style blocks which had been built in the 1920's in Vallance Road, Stepney.In the mid 20th Century many areas of East London still had high concentrations of Jewish families and Hughes Mansions was no exception to this. On the 25th March 1945 at 07.20 a V2 Rocket struck the buildings. This was the day before the Jewish Passover festival.In the devastation which followed 134 people died. This was the second worst V weapon tragedy with a fatality rate only exceeded by the devastation at New Cross the previous November.What makes this tragedy particularly poignant is that it was the last day of the V2 attacks, although not the last missile. The last one fell the same day in Orpington killing one person.The concentration of Jewish families in the flats can be seen at The Jewish genealogical society web site.This lists the names of all the Jewish people who died. As can been seen from this whole families were wiped out. Hughes mansions was not re-built and today the site remains undeveloped as a children's playground
Civilian casualty of WWII, Lewis was killed by enemy action on the family home at 45 Hughes Mansions, Vallance Road.He was 54. His wife Lily and their daughters Irene and Cissie also perished.
Hughes Mansions consisted of three tenement style blocks which had been built in the 1920's in Vallance Road, Stepney.In the mid 20th Century many areas of East London still had high concentrations of Jewish families and Hughes Mansions was no exception to this. On the 25th March 1945 at 07.20 a V2 Rocket struck the buildings. This was the day before the Jewish Passover festival.In the devastation which followed 134 people died. This was the second worst V weapon tragedy with a fatality rate only exceeded by the devastation at New Cross the previous November.What makes this tragedy particularly poignant is that it was the last day of the V2 attacks, although not the last missile. The last one fell the same day in Orpington killing one person.The concentration of Jewish families in the flats can be seen at The Jewish genealogical society web site.This lists the names of all the Jewish people who died. As can been seen from this whole families were wiped out. Hughes mansions was not re-built and today the site remains undeveloped as a children's playground
Hughes Mansions consisted of three tenement style blocks which had been built in the 1920's in Vallance Road, Stepney.In the mid 20th Century many areas of East London still had high concentrations of Jewish families and Hughes Mansions was no exception to this. On the 25th March 1945 at 07.20 a V2 Rocket struck the buildings. This was the day before the Jewish Passover festival.In the devastation which followed 134 people died. This was the second worst V weapon tragedy with a fatality rate only exceeded by the devastation at New Cross the previous November.What makes this tragedy particularly poignant is that it was the last day of the V2 attacks, although not the last missile. The last one fell the same day in Orpington killing one person.The concentration of Jewish families in the flats can be seen at The Jewish genealogical society web site.This lists the names of all the Jewish people who died. As can been seen from this whole families were wiped out. Hughes mansions was not re-built and today the site remains undeveloped as a children's playground
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