Group    From 6/8/1945  To 9/8/1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Japan

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on 9 August at 11:01 in the morning.

About 100,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and up to 80,000 in Nagasaki.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki - N19

The ideograms are Japanese Kanji characters forming the word Heiwa which is o...

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Hiroshima - College Place - mural

In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following ...

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Hiroshima - College Place - plaque

We believe this plaque was erected in 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima...

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Hiroshima tree - Furnivall Gardens

This tree is a memorial to the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima victims

Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual cer...

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Luke Smith

Luke Smith

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Lisa Pontecorvo

Lisa Pontecorvo

Killed at the junction of Madras Place and Holloway Road. Run over by a cement mixer while wheeling her bicycle across the Holloway Road. The traffic had stopped, she walked her bike across and the...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy, Scotland

3 memorials
Keith Palmer

Keith Palmer

Police Constable 4157U, Keith David Palmer. From the Police Memorial Trust: "PC Palmer, though unarmed, stopped a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 W...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
Imawan Sarjono

Imawan Sarjono

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Peter Clark

Peter Clark

Died, aged 33, when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund

Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund

The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has been administered by the Society ever since.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

40 memorials