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...
Born Whitechapel, Albarn lived here until he was aged 9. He unveiled his own plaque and the local Guardian quoted him: "I remember cows c...
Crossing the River by Brian Cookson points out that the 18th of June was a bridge-heavy day for Prince Albert Victor in 1887 - he opened ...
The quotation is from the Bible, the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy.
Marcus Garvey, 1887 - 1940, Pan-Africanist leader, lived and died here. L.C.C.
On the ground of this court two circles are marked out in the flags, one has the column at the centre, the other is centred on the Lamb B...
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