On the first day of the Blitz it seems that a 50kg bomb fell through a ventilation shaft and exploded in the basement of the market which had been designated an air-raid shelter for the local people. The number of people killed varies depending on source but the memorial lists 45 names.
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Columbia Market attack
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Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial
In memory of those who lost their lives when a bomb penetrated the Columbia M...
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George Claydon
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
Peter Clark
Died, aged 33, when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.
1 memorial
Sir Louis Stanley Johnson
Solicitor and Conservative Party politician. Member of Hackney Council. Mayor of Hackney 1914-19. MP for Walthamstow East 1918-24. Knighted 1920. Died by suicide with a gun to his head, at his hom...
1 memorial
Bounds Green Station air raid
During the London blitz, people sheltered on the platforms of many underground stations. At Bounds Green, they also slept on the stairs between the escalators. No records were kept of how many peop...
1 memorial
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