300 people were sheltering during an air raid under this arch. 68 died and 175 were injured. Many were killed by the 10 tonne steel doors that were at each end of the shelter. It is said that some of the dead were never recovered and their remains were effectively buried where they fell.
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Stainer Street Arch Bombing
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Stainer Street Arch Bomb
Stainer Street Arch Bombing On the night of 17th February 1941 a bomb fell on...
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Nazikan Nasim
Nazikan Nasim would also appear to have been known as Nazira Begum Nasim. Her death was registered as Nazikan Nasim in the 2nd quarter of 1975 of the London City Registration District but unfortun...
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Albert Edward Dack
Albert Edward Dack is the boy lying on his side on the front right in the photograph of the scout troop. Albert Edward Dack was born on 1 August 1899 in Walworth, the fourth of the ten children of...
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Bounds Green Station air raid
During the London blitz, people sheltered on the platforms of many underground stations. At Bounds Green, they also slept on the stairs between the escalators. No records were kept of how many peop...
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Hugh John Moore
Commander in the City of London police force. He oversaw the investigation into the death of Roberto Calvi, (dubbed 'God's Banker'), and was also involved with the investigations into the collapses...
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Beatrice Eliza Bower Dimsdale
Daughter of Robert Hunt Holdsworth, of London. 1873 married Joseph Dimsdale and had three children. Widowed in 1912. Awarded her OBE in the 1918 Birthday Honours, where she is given as "Commandant...
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