Bethnal Green tube shelter disaster Memorial

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Reference WMO/159790

Address:

Bethnal Green Gardens

Cambridge Heath Road

(next to Bethnal Green tube station)

Bethnal Green

London

E2 0HL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial unveiled in December 2017 commemorates the worst civilian disaster of World War 2, not caused by enemy action. It is built next to the stairway where the disaster occurred. The structure has several plaques describing what happened on the night of the disaster, 3rd March 1943, from the perspective of survivors, relatives of the victims, and Emergency Services personnel. Plaques also list the full names and ages of the victims.
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Over the entrance to the stairway SITE OF THE WORST CIVILIAN DISASTER/OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR/IN MEMORY OF/173 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE/EVENING OF WEDNESDAY 3RD MARCH 1943/DESCENDING THESE STEPS TO BETHNAL GREEN/UNDERGROUND AIR RAID SHELTER/NOT FORGOTTEN

The names of all 173 victims are listed in full, along with their ages.

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