The wartime suffering of the people of Kennington in particular over 50 men women and children who were killed on 15th October 1940 when a bomb destroyed an air raid shelter in Kennington Park.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kennington people, war-time suffering
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Kennington Park air-raid
The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of th...
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The Arts Club
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W. Young & Son
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Powell and Moya
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Cecil Rhodes
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King's College, London
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Richard de Montfichet
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Dorothy Richardson
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