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131. Bombed out houses in East London.
*Bombed out houses in East London. During the Blitz, millions of homes, offices and factories were destroyed or damaged. At the end of the war a huge amount of rubble and debris had to...
132. Bomb damage in the East End.
*Bomb damage in the East End. During the Blitz 3.5 million homes were damaged in London. The greatest destruction was in the East End. By 11 November 1940, 40% of houses in...
133. Bomb damage at the Silvertown Rubber Company.
*Bomb damage at the Silvertown Rubber Company. The Silvertown Rubber Company sustained heavy damage during the Nazi bombing raids of the Second World War.
134. Bomb damage at the docks.
*Bomb damage at the docks. The Germans bombed London continuously for fifty-seven nights after 7 September 1940 and then consistently throughout the war. The Port of London was...
135. Bomb damage at the National Maritime Museum.
*Bomb damage at the National Maritime Museum. Bomb damage from the Second World War to the Queen's House terrace balustrade.
136. Children at a station platform during their evacuation.
*Children at a station platform during their evacuation. The evacuation of British cities at the start of the second World War was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britain's...
137. City of London presentation sword awarded to Admiral Beatty, 1919.
*City of London presentation sword awarded to Admiral Beatty, 1919. A City of London presentation sword awarded to Admiral Sir David Beatty (1871-1936) for his services during World War I.
138. Damage to Batavia Street, Deptford, after a V2 strike in 1944.
*Damage to Batavia Street, Deptford, after a V2 strike in 1944. The V-2 was first used in September 1944. Like the V-1 Flying Bomb it carried a one ton warhead. However, the 14 metre (47 feet) long, liquid-fuelled...
139. Damage to Bow junction signal box.
*Damage to Bow junction signal box. Many factories started up in Bow in the 1850s and 1860s, producing commodities such as soap, rubber, matches and hemp cloth. Due to this industrial...
140. Damage to Grange Mill Tannery.
*Damage to Grange Mill Tannery. During the Second World War Bermondsey was one of the most heavily bombed parts of Britain with 709 civilians killed and thousands more hurt...
 
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