Event    From 7/9/1940  To /5/1941

The Blitz

Categories: Tragedy

During WW2 Britain came under heavy bombing from Germany for 8 months, 1940-1941. This was called 'the Blitz' from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning 'lightning war'. London was particularly badly hit, especially at the start, being attacked every day/night of the first 57 days, except one. The objectives were the destruction of industrial targets, and to break the morale of the civilian population. But the Blitz failed, on both fronts, leaving London with extensive physical damage but a new psychological weapon, the Blitz spirit.

This interactive map shows all of the bombs dropped on London during the Blitz.

2019: Spitalfields Life posted a number of central London buildings that bear the scars of war.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Blitz

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Abbey Road Depot - WW2 ARP members lost

Bill Wallis is described on the plaque as 'ARP Stretcher Bearer'. Which we ta...

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Balham Station bombing - 1

In memory of the 64 people killed at this station by a wartime bomb 14th Octo...

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Balham Station bombing - 2

{Beneath the London Transport logo:} In remembrance of the civilians and Lond...

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Balham Station bombing - 3

In remembrance of the civilians and London Transport staff who were killed at...

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Bank Station WW2 bomb

{Above the London Underground roundel:} In remembrance of the fifty six peopl...

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Kristen Marianne Curnow

Kristen Marianne Curnow

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Susheila N. Cottle

Susheila N. Cottle

Shusheila Nirmala Singh was born on 21 March 1959. In 1976 she married Toni E. Cottle in the Waltham Forest registration district and they had three children. Marvin Tonie Cottle was born on 1 Aug...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Marcus R. Neblett

Marcus R. Neblett

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Despite him being shown on the September 11 Memorial Garden plaque as Marcus R. Neblett, his name is displ...

Person, Tragedy, USA

1 memorial
Castle pub in Putney WW2 bomb - 45 dead

Castle pub in Putney WW2 bomb - 45 dead

45 people lost their lives in the Castle public house during a World War II bomb attack.

Group, Tragedy

1 memorial
Liam Hamilton

Liam Hamilton

A family squabble developed into a fight in which Paul Hamilton, 30, of nearby Woodstock Terrace fatally stabbed his cousin, Liam Hamilton, in the back with a large kitchen knife, near the site of ...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial