24th September 1917
13 people were killed and 22 injured near this spot on the steps of the old Bedford Hotel by a 112 lb bomb dropped by a Gotha in one of London's first night air raids.
WC1, Southampton Row, Bedford Hotel
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bedford Hotel bomb
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