Air Raid Damage Reports Brentwood Division Essex Fire Service 23 June 1941.
Date Time Location Damage
23/06/1941 01.30 Nevendon 2 – Parachute Flares, 1 aluminium container fell
through the roof of a bungalow in Burnt Mills Road causing slight damage to roof. 1 aluminium container found in a field at Nevendon. No casualties. (removed by B.D.S. 24.6.41).
23/06/1941 01.40 Foulness 2 – Parachute mines exploded between Lodge
Island Farm and East Wick Farm. Damage to Lodge Farm and houses at Church Road. No casualties.
23/06/1941 01.45 Rayleigh 26 – H.Es 5 are unexploded, 7 exploded in vicinity
of Eastwood Road. 1 exploded in Leslie Road, 2 Warwick Road, 2 in The Chase. 2 Avondale Road, 5 in vicinity of Wellington, Napier and Victoria Roads, and 2 in an orchard in Bull Lane. The unexploded 1 between Trinity Road and The Chase (BDS 26.6.41), 1 in garden of “Terra Murra” Princes Road (BDS 1.7.41). 1 in orchard 200 yards South of Bull Lane (BDS 8.7.41). 1 Warwick Road.
23/06/1941 Found Shenfield 1 – A.A. unexploded Shell near L.N.E. Railway,
rear of engine turntable. No damage or casualties. (BDS 26.6.41).