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.

The Library Time Machine has a lovely post about the Home front volunteers in Chelsea, 1940s.

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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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Scott Lysaght

Scott Lysaght

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Mary Jarman

Mary Jarman

For more information about this hero click on the picture of her plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Lucy Parsons

Lucy Parsons

Labour organizer, anarchist communist. Born Texas or Virginia, as Lucy Eldine Gonzalez, possibly to slaves and had a mixed ancestry. Married Albert Parsons, a white socialist and this interracial m...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, USA

1 memorial
Keith Palmer

Keith Palmer

Police Constable 4157U, Keith David Palmer. From the Police Memorial Trust: "PC Palmer, though unarmed, stopped a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 W...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
Stacey Maree Lee

Stacey Maree Lee

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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G. J. Grace

G. J. Grace

Churchwarden of St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey in 1883.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
LSHTM - Parkes

LSHTM - Parkes

WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...

1 subject commemorated
J. Abrey

J. Abrey

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bridge House Estates housing - Silex Street

Bridge House Estates housing - Silex Street

SE1, Silex Street, Stopher House

The small black plaque above the door shows the Bridge House Estates symbol. A number of other blocks of flats in this area carry similar...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators