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Tag Archives: Civilian war dead
Bristol Civilian War Dead Memorial
Bristol has 3 churches that were damaged by bombs in World War 2, and two of them have been left as they were (with minor strengthening) as a memorial to the bombing of the city between 24 November 1940 and 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Gloucestershire, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, World War 2
Tagged Blitz, bombing, Bristol, Castle Park, Civilian war dead, Temple Square and Garden
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Stoke Newington Civilian War Dead Memorial
The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Civilian War Dead Memorial may be found in Abney Park Cemetery in London (Google Earth co-ordinates: 51.564451°, -0.077899°). The legibility of the memorial is poor though, with letters missing from the main inscription. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, London Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Abney Park Cemetery, Blitz, bombing, Civilian war dead, CWGC, Magnificent seven, Stoke Newington, World War Two
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Kennington Park Civilian War Dead Memorial
Kennington Park (Google Earth 51.484066° -0.108817°) in South London has a Civilian War Memorial, and it commemorates the over 100 people that were killed in an air raid trench in the park on 15 October 1940. A 50lb bomb caused … Continue reading
Posted in London Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, World War 2
Tagged Blitz, Civilian war dead, Kennington Park, London, Memorial, Oval, World War 2
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Poplar Civilian War Dead Memorial
During my visit to Tower Hamlets Cemetery in London I was hoping to get images of the Civilian War Dead memorial in the cemetery that I had read about previously. And while it was not my only goal I wandered … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, London Memorials, Memorials elsewhere, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, World War 1
Tagged Blitz, Civilian war dead, Docklands, London, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, World War 2
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