Coronation Avenue consisted of a terrace of about 15 shops with five storeys of flats above and behind. The air raid shelter was beneath three of the shops. It suffered a direct hit by a bomb, resulting in 173 deaths. Andrew Whitehead has more details.
The Stoke Newington - civilian war memorial reads: "88 people ("also 9 persons unidentified" at Coronation Avenue on 13 October 1940".
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Coronation Avenue bombing
Plaque unveiled by the broadcaster George Alagiah, a local resident.
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Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Prime Minister 1827-1828. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1812-1827. Died at home, 16 Arlington Street.
We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.
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