The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on 9 August at 11:01 in the morning.
About 100,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and up to 80,000 in Nagasaki.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors
The ideograms are Japanese Kanji characters forming the word Heiwa which is o...
In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following ...
We believe this plaque was erected in 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima...
This tree is a memorial to the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual cer...
Died in an act of terrorism on 22 March 2017 on Westminster Bridge. Aysha Frade had been walking across Westminster Bridge to pick up her two young daughters from school when she was killed. The Br...
Adrian Johnson was born 9 May 1968, his birth being registered in the Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, registration district. He grew up in Skegby, Nottinghamshire and was married with two children. He ...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford. 1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages. Like many...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent
A railway company which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in anticipation of the opening of its London extension. It was eventually grouped in...
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