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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Ministry of Transport, Private papers
Catalogue reference: Division within MT
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Division within MT
Records from the Private Offices of various ministers and senior officials in the Ministries of Transport, Shipping and War Transport. They include papers of:Sir Eric Geddes, in MT 49Sir Frederic James Leathers, Lord Leathers; Wilfrid Ashley;...
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- Division within MT
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport, Private papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records from the Private Offices of various ministers and senior officials in the Ministries of Transport, Shipping and War Transport. They include papers of:
Sir Eric Geddes, in MT 49
Sir Frederic James Leathers, Lord Leathers; Wilfrid Ashley; Alfred Barnes, Sir Cyril Hurcomb; and Sir Arthur Salter in MT 62
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 series
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C896/
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On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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