V1 bomb – 12 July 1944

A year after the Whitehall Cinema bombing, on 12th July 1944, a V1 flying bomb fell on East Grinstead causing 3 casualties and several injured. The three casualties were George Edwards, James Potten and Ernest Russell. Ernest Russell is buried in Mount Noddy Cemetery in Section 3C, Grave 498. You can find these casualties amongst the civilian ’76 War Dead’ on the CWGC website.