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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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association centenary

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association centenary

See Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association.  

Event, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Surrey Docks fire

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...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
International Reggae Day

International Reggae Day

From Caribbean National Weekly: "Reggae fans across the globe celebrate the rich legacy of reggae music today, July 1, as International Reggae Day (IRD). Honoring the genre’s rich history while cel...

Event, Music / songs, Race Issues

1 memorial
Trident air disaster

Trident air disaster

Flight BE548 crashed within 3 minutes of taking off from Heathrow. It came down in a field near Staines. 188 died.

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
Anzac Cove landing

Anzac Cove landing

Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1.  Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula.  The assault did not go as...

Event, Australia, Turkey

1 memorial

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Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

Boxer and film actor.  Born as Victor Andrew D'Biere McLaglen in, according to him, Tunbridge Wells.  Brought up in South Africa. Joined the British army aged 14 and so was forced to leave.  Went t...

Person, Cinema, Sport / Games, USA

1 memorial
First gay rights demonstration

First gay rights demonstration

N5, Highbury Crescent

Unveiled 25 November 2000, the 30th anniversary of the commemorated event. Invited guests included the Culture Secretary Chris Smith MP, ...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
George Holyoake

George Holyoake

Radical journalist, secularist and promoter of the Co-operative Movement. Born Birmingham as George Jacob Holyoake. He coined the term "secularism" in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secul...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Burnham Estate

Burnham Estate

E2, Globe Road

Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Burnham Estate This stone was laid by the Mayor, Councillor Henry P. Wilson, JP, 16th October 1937...

18 subjects commemorated, 5 creators
Henry Thornton

Henry Thornton

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion

1 memorial