The attack happened when the pub was full of people enjoying a night out. Twenty seven were killed and dozens were seriously injured.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Crooked Billet - V2 attack
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Crooked Billet - V2 attack
In memory of all those killed and injured at this site by a V2 rocket which d...
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David Sims
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Christine Granville
Wartime special agent. Britain’s first and longest-serving female WW2 secret agent. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek in Warsaw. When Germany invaded Poland her family moved to London and she joi...
Person, Espionage, Tragedy, Egypt, France, Hungary, Poland, Turkey
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Great fire of Tooley Street
From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for ...
2 memorials
Milutin Alexander Velimirovich
Milutin Alexander Velimirovich was born on 14 October 1953 in Pisek, Okres Písek, Jihočeský, Czechoslovakia (now called South Bohemia, Czech Republic), a son of Dr Alexander and Elisabeth Velimirov...
1 memorial
Luke Smith
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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