London Victoria station
This train station was used in both world wars to transport large numbers of British forces to the front. It was bombed during the Second World War and a V-1 struck the station on 27 June 1944. A german bomber plane also crashed into it.
There are several memorials dedicated to the First World War.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Ewan Munro
Nearby
Museum
- London Scottish Regiment Museum - London
- Royal Hospital Museum - London
- Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms - London
Point of interest
- Former Royal Secretariat & Home Dutch Royal Family - London
- Former Headquarters Sikorski - London
- Former home Dutch Royal Family - London
Monument
- British Unknown Warrior- Victoria Station - London
- War Memorial London Brighton and South coast Railway Co. - Westminster
- Marshal Foch Memorial - London
Cemetery
- Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey - London
- Graves Westminster Abbey - London
- Commonwealth War Grave Savoy Chapel - Westminster (London)
Remembrance Stone
Fortification
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
- Pillbox Clapham Junction - Battersea
Crash site
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