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...
For more information about this hero click on the picture of her plaque.
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin. A skeleton was found which is thought to be his. See the picture source for how they did that.
Since 9/11 is a UK educational charity which was set up on the tenth anniversary of September 11th 2001 to ensure that the legacy of 9/11 is one that builds hope from tragedy.
The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI. When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...
Shelley Marie Mather was born on 27 January 1979 in New Zealand the daughter of John Mather and Kathryn Gilkison. She grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and holding joint New Zealand and Irish citize...
Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain. It superseded Railtrack P.L.C.
Composer. Born Queen's Ride, Barnes, son of an American businessman. Wrote the music for the 1936 film Things to Come. Died at home, 8 The Lane, Marlborough Place, St John's Wood.
Employees of the Lloyds TSB Group who have given their lives in times of conflict.
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