Date                Time   Location         Damage

03/08/1944    02.40  Great Warley 1 ‘Fly’ exploded in oatfield between Front land and

Moor Lane (Cranham) 1/4 mile S of junction causing slight damage to property (Bird Lane Romford Division).  N.C.

03/08/1944    10.10  Creeksea       1 ‘Fly’ exploded in potato field East Lambourne

Hall Farm 500 yards E of Creeksea Ferry and 500 yards NE of Loftman’s Farm causing damage to approx. 1 acre of crops.  No other damage or casualties.

04/08/1944    03.10  Canvey          1 – ‘Fly’ exploded in River Thames 200 yards S of

                                    Island             Chapman’s Light.  N.D.C.

06/08/1944    15.25  Great              1 – U.K. Practice Bomb (N.E.) from Allied aircraft

Stambridge    fell in cornfield 440 yards N of Cagefield Cottages and 150 yards E of main road.  N.D.C.

06/08/1944    23.16  Wickford        1 ‘Fly’ exploded in field between Wick Drive and

Cranfield Park Road causing 1 slight casualty and slight damage to property.

07/08/1944    01.50  Langdon        As a result of a ‘Fly’ incident at Wheaton’s Farm

Hills                Langdon Hills, which is in the Grays Division, the following property at Laindon within the Brentwood Division sustained damages – 1 church, 1 hotel, 1 shop and 10 houses.  There was also 1 slight male casualty.

07/08/1944    10.00  Downham     1 – American 100 lb. I.B. was found in a field near

Brook Hill Farm.  Bomb empty but fuse unexploded.  Part of incident which occurred at 11-25 on 20.5.44 at Downham. q.

07/08/1944    10.45  Great              2 horses were killed as a result of straying into a

Wakering       minefield 100 yards N of Sewerage Farm and detonating a mine.

07/08/1944    15.15  Little                Driver Rees of 141st Field Regt. R.A. was

Burstead        examining a .22 rifle at a camp when a bullet was discharged from the rifle and entered the body of Driver Alfred John Ellis, aged 29, of the same Regt. Causing his death within a few minutes.

08/08/1944    22.30  Canvey          A Naval Barrage balloon grounded at The Bay

                                    Island             County Club.  N.D.C.

10/08/1944    04.15  Laindon         1 – ‘Fly’ exploded in wheatfield 1/2 mile W of St

Nicholas Church causing several minor casualties serious damage to 36 bungalows and extensive minor damage.

10/08/1944    18.00  Laindon         1 –  Ux.I.B. (1 Kg) was found in a field near Council

Houses, Markham’s Chase, which is about 1/2 mile from above ‘Fly’ incident and would be in the line of flight of the ‘fly’ before it fell.  No evidence of other I.Bs in the vicinity at the time, but I.Bs had been dropped previously in the same locality.

17/08/1944    13.25  Hadleigh        1 – Ux.U.P. Shell fell 50 yards W of Cross Farm

                                                            Benfleet Road.  N.D.C.

18/08/1944    09.00  Canvey          Gordon Lee, aged 12, of 16 Labworth Road

Island             Canvey picked up an object on Shell Beach believed to be a small arms bullet, took it home and struck it with a hammer when it exploded causing slight injuries to his left hand and body.  Taken to hospital but not detained.

19/08/1944    21.10  Bowers           1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell in marshes.  N.D.C.

Gifford

26/08/1944    15.40  Crays Hill       A deflated barrage balloon fitted with an Ux.

‘Device A’ grounded on waste land N of Oak Road.  The ‘Device’ was subsequently exploded in situ by BDS and balloon removed by RAF.  N.D.C.

29/08/1944    21.45  Canvey          The body of Hugh Murray, ship’s fireman aged 22

Island             of 11 Blackland Avenue Kilwinning Ayrshire was recovered from the forward engine room of ‘S.S. Sam Long’ now anchored off Hole Haven Canvey Island.  The ‘S.S. Sam Long’ was torpedoed on the high seas on 3.8.44 and Murray was reported missing.  The ship was towed to its present position on 14.8.44 and the body was recovered by the Police and removed by A.R.P. ambulance to Canvey Island.  A.R.P. Mortuary.

31/08/1944    11.50  Canvey          1 – U.P. Shell exploded in field 800 yards of

                                    Island             ‘Haystack’ P.H.  N.D.C.

31/08/1944    11.50  Canvey          1 – Ux.A.A. Shell fell 100 yards N of Kelverden

                                    Island             Avenue.  N.D.C.