13/14 September 1940: The London Underground on this day 75 years ago

Seventh day/night of the London Blitz.

"For the [seventh] successive day and night the LONDON area was again the main object of attack, with particular concentration on Railway communications and to a less extent the Docks."^[1]

At 11:25 on the 13th, West Brompton station was again (see previous day) affected, when a High Explosive bomb landed in the adjacent Brompton Cemetery, causing a retaining wall to collapse across the tracks, damaging electrical cabling.^[2] Delayed action or unexploded bombs dropped in the vicinity of Queen Anne's Mansions (requisitioned by the Admiralty) in Westminster caused the precautionary suspension of District line traffic through St James's Park station.<sup>[3]

[1]</sup> Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - September 1940: Damage Appreciation 13-14/09/40, page 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/2]
^[2] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - September 1940: Damage Appreciation 13-14/09/40, page 2 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/2]
^[3] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - September 1940: Damage Appreciation 13-14/09/40, page 7 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/2]

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