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| 1940 |
| | | The Limes is damaged by enemy bombing. Its exterior is subsequently restored to its original appearance, with its interior rebuilt for commercial use | |
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| 1940 |
| | | All Saints, along with Petersham Vicarage, the village hall and (later) Elm Lodge, is requisitioned by Anti-Aircraft Command and plays a key role in operational research on Radar throughout the Second World War | |
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| 1940-45 |
| | | Elm Lodge, requisitioned by Anti Aircraft Command, along with All Saints, Petersham vicarage and the village institute, plays a key role in wartime operational research on Radar | |
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| 1940 |
| | | Radnor House is completely destroyed by a bomb, and the site later becomes open to the public as Radnor Gardens. | |
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| 1940s-2000s |
| | | Grey Court House (now called Newman House) is used first as a nursery school and then as a unit within Greycourt Secondary School | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Early tests of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb are carried out at the National Physical Laboratory's ship tank | |
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| 1946-2001 |
| | | All Saints is used variously for worship by the Anglican and the Greek Orthodox Church, and as a recording studio | |
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| 1947 |
| | | Parliament Mews is built on the site of Cromwell House, with the original high boundary walls still in place around the Mews | |
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| 1947 |
| | | The Cassel Foundation (founded by Sir Ernest Cassel, grandfather of the Countess Mountbatten) establishes the Cassel Hospital for functional nervous disorders at Ham Common | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Ham House is donated by Sir Lyonel Tollemache and his son to the National Trust | |
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