On this site at 12.15 am on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the City of London in the Second World War.
EC2, Fore Street, Roman House
The engraved stone is below the window on the ground floor flank wall. Interesting that the stone uses the exact same wording as the commemorative board.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First City bomb in WW2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
First City bomb in WW2
The black and white photo showing the lost commemorative board comes from A L...
This fountain is at the west end of the garden in front of the Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. It is surrounded by memorials as follows: ...
From St Matthias Halls: "Church halls were built in 1902 (called St Matthias Institute) by voluntary subscriptions – downstairs being use...
On the wall behind are two baskets for flowers and some screw holes. And on the wall a little to the left of the photo is another similar...
Charlotte Mew, 1869 - 1928, poet, lived here, 1869 - 1890. Marchmont Association
Robert Browning lived in this house 1887 - 1889, from here his body was taken for interment in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey.
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