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In the Second World War, 17 high-explosive bombs fell on the combined lands of Horringdon and Stokes Heath Farms. It would seem from some of the broadcasts made by Lord Haw-Haw that the Germans regarded the NAAFI headquarters at Ruxley Towers as one of many targets deserving of particular attention. These farmlands also received the unwelcome visits of both a V-1 flying bomb, and a time bomb. The latter was defused safely by Major AB Hartley MBE RE, whose exploits in this hazardous occupation were dramatised in the TV series Danger UXB.