91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Group    From 6/8/1945  To 9/8/1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on 9 August at 11:01 in the morning.

About 100,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and up to 80,000 in Nagasaki.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Commemorated ati

Hiroshima and Nagasaki - N19

The ideograms are Japanese Kanji characters forming the word Heiwa which is o...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Hiroshima - College Place - mural

In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following ...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Hiroshima - College Place - plaque

We believe this plaque was erected in 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Hiroshima tree - Furnivall Gardens

This tree is a memorial to the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Hiroshima victims

Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual cer...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Show all 8

Other Subjects

John Kenley

John Kenley

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Bronwyn Robyn Ross

Bronwyn Robyn Ross

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Frederick Hornby

Frederick Hornby

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Nazikan Nasim

Nazikan Nasim

Nazikan Nasim would also appear to have been known as Nazira Begum Nasim. Her death was registered as Nazikan Nasim in the 2nd quarter of 1975 of the London City Registration District but unfortun...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial