Editing West Ham (section)

===Second World War===
The presence of the [[Royal Docks]], the Stratford railway lands and other high value targets made West Ham one of the areas of London and Essex worst affected by bombing during the [[Second World War]]. There were officially 1186 civilians killed,<ref>{{Cite web |last=CWGC |title=West Ham, County Borough {{!}} Cemetery Details |url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/4004016/west-ham-county-borough/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=CWGC |language=en}}</ref> but this may have been around 500 higher due to the disputed death toll at South Hallsville School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boniface |first=Susie |date=2010-09-18 |title=Blitz bomb killed 600 in school, details kept secret for 70 years |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blitz-bomb-killed-600-in-school-248302 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref>