Event    From 25/8/1940  To 25/8/1940

First WW2 bomb on City of London

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First WW2 bomb on City of London

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First City bomb in WW2

On this site at 12.15 am on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the C...

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First City bomb in WW2 - lost

The black and white photo showing the lost commemorative board comes from A L...

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Napoleonic wars

Napoleonic wars

Following the French Revolution France, under Napoleon, fought with most of Europe (primarily Britain, Spain, Russia and Austria)  in various alliances for over a decade.  The fighting spread as fa...

Event, Armed Forces

2 memorials
Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations

Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations

Wikipedia says the works were done in 1850 but the church's own website confirms the date in the plaque and seems to say that all the Victorian alterations were undone ("a restoration of the church...

Event, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Peasants' Revolt

Peasants' Revolt

The revolt grew out of the increasing severity of the poll taxes imposed on the people of England. The Kentish rebels led by Wat Tyler met with those from Essex at Blackheath. It was here that the ...

Event, Other, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous

2 memorials