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

Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster

 
 
Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster Marker image. Click for full size.
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: DisastersWar, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is March 3, 1943.
 
Location. 51° 31.634′ N, 0° 3.309′ W. Marker is in Tower Hamlets, England, in Greater London. Memorial 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. Marker is in this post office area: Tower Hamlets, England E2 9QX, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. 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); Captain Lionel Lee, MC, Cr. de Guerre (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Fl. Sgt. Jack Nissenthall, RAF (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Whitechapel
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(approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Hoxton Jewish Cemetery (approx. 1.7 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 142 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.

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