Event    From 17/2/1941  To 17/2/1941

Stainer Street Arch Bombing

Categories: Tragedy

300 people were sheltering during an air raid under this arch. 68 died and 175 were injured. Many were killed by the 10 tonne steel doors that were at each end of the shelter. It is said that some of the dead were never recovered and their remains were effectively buried where they fell.

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Stainer Street Arch Bombing

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Stainer Street Arch Bomb

Stainer Street Arch Bombing On the night of 17th February 1941 a bomb fell on...

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David Ashmore

David Ashmore

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1 memorial
James W. Brown

James W. Brown

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Yosef Gutfreund

Yosef Gutfreund

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1 memorial
Charles H. Osmer

Charles H. Osmer

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1 memorial
Ralph Joscelyne

Ralph Joscelyne

Only 10 when caught in the cross-fire during the Tottenham Outrage.

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1 memorial