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...
Built in 1885 Arding and Hobbs department store was the largest south of the River. See Neighbour for a photo of the building. It was destroyed by a fire on 20 December 1909. Newspapers from the ...
' Lewisham people who lost their lives 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945'
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
From Police Memorial Trust: "PC Gary Toms and a colleague were in a marked police car in Ashlin Road, Stratford when they began to follow a car that had been reported as being used in a burglary in...
Born in London. Notable works: Regent Street, Royal Opera Arcade and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Much of his work was for the Prince Regent but we've heard that Mrs Nash gave birth to an illegiti...
Sylvia Pankhurst lived here 1933 - 1956. It was demolished probably sometime 1970 - 1995 and the site is now occupied by the Tamar Square development.
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