Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster

Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 27, 2018

1. Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster Marker

Inscription. 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

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is March 3, 1943.

Location. 51° 31.634′ N, 0° 3.309′ W. Memorial is in Tower Hamlets, England, in Greater London. It can be reached from Cambridge Heath Road close to Roman Road, on the left when traveling south. Located at the entrance to Bethnal Green Underground Station. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Tower Hamlets, England E2 9QX, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within walking distance of this marker: Stairway to Heaven (here, next to this marker); Bethnal Green Fire Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Mendoza (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Louis Jacobs, RN, (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Jewish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Captain Lionel Lee, MC, Cr. de Guerre (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Fl. Sgt. Jack Nissenthall, RAF (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Whitechapel (approx. 1.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tower Hamlets.

Bethnal Green Tube Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 27, 2018

2. Bethnal Green Tube Entrance

Bethnal Green Tube Station image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 27, 2018

3. Bethnal Green Tube Station

Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 303 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.