Monument

Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square

Erection date: 12/9/2018

Inscription

7 July 2005 - opposite this place a bus was bombed killing
{a list of 13 names - illegible on our visit due to the flowers. See Subjects commemorated for the list.}

All the text is turned sideways, so it avoids being upside down, whether viewed from inside or outside the garden. This memorial, while suitably sombre, will never be a social media hit - it's just not photogenic.

Site: Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square (1 memorial)

WC1, Tavistock Square

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square

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Bombs 7 July 2005

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Anthony Fatayi-Williams

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Jamie Gordon

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Giles Vernon Hart

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square

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Phil Baines

Philip Andrew Baines was a graphic designer.  Hagg Bridge has an interesting ...

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