Tree

Hiroshima victims

Erection date: 6/8/1967

Inscription

Planted in memory of the victims of Hiroshima by The Worshipful Mayor of Camden Councillor Mrs Millie Miller J.P., 6th August 1967.

Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual ceremony at this cherry tree, in August.

Site: Hiroshima victims (1 memorial)

WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hiroshima victims

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Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Councillor Mrs Millie Miller

Born as Millie Haring on 8 April 1922 her birth was registered in Shoreditch....

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