During WW2 they flew over Germany at night to bomb first industial targets but later whole areas including civilian towns. Their average age was 22 and they went out night after night, knowing that their chances of survival were about 50%. More than 55,573 lost their lives and their bodies were not brought back. Harris's strategy of bombing civilian towns was so controversial that after the war no campaign medal was given to the bombers and they were not mentioned in Churchill's victory speech.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bomber Command crews
Commemorated ati
Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Bomber Harris
Unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31 May 1992, the 50th anniversary of the firs...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed
32 firemen and 2 firewomen, including: Hilda Dupree, Winifred Peters, three crews from Beckenham along with several other more local crews from Hackney and Homerton. More information at Firemen Re...
1 memorial
R. C. Mead
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans
Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II. Born at his mother's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Served the monarch as a soldier in a number of battles. Died at Bath.
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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Eton Manor - WW2
E20, Eastway, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
The text on the top plaque refers to two locations: "here and at the Eton Manor Club in Hackney Wick". But that plaque and the others wit...
War dead | WW2
61 subjects commemorated
61 subjects commemorated
Deep Lee
N1, King's Cross
Killed on the first day of the new King's Cross campus of Central St Martin's College. We photographed the flowers that were placed the ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
King's Hall Picture Palace - first cinema in Britain
SE17, Tooting High Street, 181 - 183
The erection date differs from the date on the plaque. We have found other cases where this occurs - the unveiling can get delayed for al...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 2
N16, Stoke Newington Church Street, 172
Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar Allan Poe Society
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Liam Hamilton
A family squabble developed into a fight in which Paul Hamilton, 30, of nearby Woodstock Terrace fatally stabbed his cousin, Liam Hamilton, in the back with a large kitchen knife, near the site of ...
1 memorial
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