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First flying bomb
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First flying bomb
From English Heritage: "The plaque was unveiled on 13 June, 41 years after th...
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Lewisham train disaster
The colision actually happened at St John's station, one stop to the north-west) which is close to Lewisham. It was a very foggy night and an electric train was being held at a red signal. It was s...
1 memorial
First cricket test match in England
Played between national teams, test matches are the longest and considered to be the highest standard. The first 3 officially recognised test matches took place in in Melbourne, Australia, in: 1877...
1 memorial
WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Cato Street Conspiracy
A plot to murder the Tory Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, and the whole cabinet, as they had dinner at a house on Grosvenor Square. The dinner had been announced in a newspaper but this was probabl...
1 memorial
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King Edward VIII
Born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Known to friends and family as David. Reigned 20 January - 10 December 1936 when he abdicated in favo...
17 memorials
V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
28 memorials
Remains of Roman wall and bastion
EC1, Giltspur Street, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
September 2010: there is a small plaque giving visiting hours: 9:00 - 17:00 Mon-Fri and 9:00 - 13:00 on Saturdays, excluding public holid...
2 subjects commemorated
Greenwich Council
The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. It became a 'Royal' Borough on ...
9 memorials
Silver Jubilee in Victoria Street
SW1, Victoria Street
This plaque is in the central one of seven such brick bench/flowerbed combos along this stretch of road. You can see them all in satell...
2 subjects commemorated,
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