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...
Fire fighter who died following a fire in the Royal Palace Hotel Kensington. From Red Plaque: "Leading Firefighter Frederick Charles Willoughby, of Twickenham, was overcome by fumes whilst fightin...
Born in Bedford. Died aged 31 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
War Reserve Constable who joined the Met Police on 3 September 1939. He was based at the Hyde Park Police Station when he was murdered. He was knifed by Frank Stephen Cobbett, a tramp who was rec...
Killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack. The 36-year-old Frenchman, who worked as a chef at the Coq d’Argent restaurant, had been at the Boro Bistro where he was watching football with two friends.
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