This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First WW2 bomb on City of London
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First City bomb in WW2
On this site at 12.15 am on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the C...
First City bomb in WW2 - lost
The black and white photo showing the lost commemorative board comes from A L...
Other Subjects
First cinema in Britain
It was in Regent Street that a film was first played to a paying audience in Britain, whereas King's Hall Picture Palace is thought to have been the first purpose-built cinema in Britain.
Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium
The original plan was that Italy would host these games but in 1906 they dropped out, partly due to the consequential costs of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Within a week the IOC accepted B...
Falklands War
Died: 649 Argentinians, 255 British, 3 civilian Falkland Islanders.
Murder in the Cathedral - London premiere
This verse play by TS Eliot concerning the murder of Becket, had its London premiere at The Duchess Theatre in 1936.
Harrow rail crash
A rare three-train crash which resulted in the death of 112 people and more than 300 injured. Contributory factors: a foggy morning rush hour; one train unusually full due to a previous cancellatio...
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