Event    From 25/8/1940  To 25/8/1940

First WW2 bomb on City of London

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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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