Balham Station bombing

Balham Station bombing

During WW2 Balham, at a depth of 30 feet, was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. It sheltered hundreds of people each night. At about 8pm on 14 Octob...

Event, Tragedy

3 memorials
Bali bombings

Bali bombings

Bali is a holiday resort island in Indonesia.

Event, Tragedy, Indonesia

1 memorial
Baltic Exchange bomb

Baltic Exchange bomb

The IRA bomb at 30 St Mary Axe, the Baltic Exchange building, went off at 9.20 pm.  The Baltic Exchange was built in 1903 by Smith and Wimble in a very ornate style. It dealt in imported cereals, o...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
James Bannister

James Bannister

For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Fireman James Anthony Bardens

Fireman James Anthony Bardens

James Anthony Bardens was born circa 1938. He married Jean Iris Frost in the 1st quarter of 1958 in the Lewisham Registration District, London. He was serving as a Fireman in the London Fire Briga...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Warrant Officer Class 2 Graham Barker

Warrant Officer Class 2 Graham Barker

Graham Barker was born on 21 June 1946 at 88 Stanfield Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), the youngest of the four children of Ronald Charles George Barker (1909-1954) and Zoe Marga...

Person, Armed Forces, Terrorism, Tragedy

1 memorial
Inam Bashir

Inam Bashir

One of two killed by the Docklands IRA bomb. They were both workers in the newsagent’s directly opposite the bomb. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man and found the photo: there is ...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
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