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
See Londonist for future plans.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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...
We have seen a map showing the London parishes of 1877 which shows a major boundary here but it is between Islington and St Pancras. Pres...
Unusually, we did not take these two pictures; they come from John Newbery a descendant of the man commemorated. We were delighted to fin...
We think Evelyn Denington must be the politician (1907 – 1998) who served on the LCC and then the GLC, 1946 - 77, where she was Chair of ...
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
Great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them