On the first day of the Blitz it seems that a 50kg bomb fell through a ventilation shaft and exploded in the basement of the market which had been designated an air-raid shelter for the local people. The number of people killed varies depending on source but the memorial lists 45 names.
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Columbia Market attack
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Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial
In memory of those who lost their lives when a bomb penetrated the Columbia M...
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Surrey Docks fire
The docks were set on fire in the first raid of the Blitz. Our picture source gives: "... a firestorm in the docks that blazed from end to end for a whole week. ... A third of the warehouses and tr...
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Andrew Gilbert
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Brother of Timothy Gilbert who also died in the attack. Andrew Clive Gilbert was born in 1962 and was ori...
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