Erection date: 1993
Site of the worst civilian disaster of the second world war. In memory of 173 men, women and children who lost their lives on the evening of Wednesday 3rd March 1943 descending these steps to Bethnal Green underground air raid shelter. Not forgotten.
E2, Roman Road, Bethnal Green Tube station
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Bethnal Green WW2 disaster - plaque
The worst civilian disaster of WW2. 173 men, women and children lost their li...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed...
This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accidentally attached it too low on the wall and then quietly swea...
The Reverend Nicholas Richards, 1942 - 2006, "Father Nick", rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe 1977 - 2006. London Borough of Southwark - V...
The brick pier built to display these rescued plaques is behind the railings, at the right of our photo. Until we did the research we as...
Apollo Theatre Originally intended for musicals the Apollo Theatre opened in 1901 with a farce called 'The Belle of Bohemia'. A popular ...
Eagle House built 1773. The surviving south wing refurbished 2008. The Clapham Society
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