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...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, at the top of the wall, above the black car. The house was lost in 1959/60 when the bridge was raise...
We can find no maker, nor date for the erection of this memorial, but its position (outside and to the left of the loggia), the quality o...
The plaque is on the pavement immediately below the 'Gloucester Circus' sign. In our photo the middle bollard is crossing it.
This building was opened by HRH The Prince Albert KG on the 27th day of March 1920. Alderman Duncan Watson, JP, MIEE - Mayor Alderman Joh...
We originally photographed this plaque in 2010. Returning in 2016, we found that the empty small white plinth to the right of the tree wa...
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