On this site at 12.15 am on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the City of London in the Second World War.
EC2, Fore Street, Roman House
The engraved stone is below the window on the ground floor flank wall. Interesting that the stone uses the exact same wording as the commemorative board.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First City bomb in WW2
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First City bomb in WW2
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