The Kings Arms is a public house in Woolwich, London that was bombed in 1974 and is now a landmark on the route of the London Marathon. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... See also Woolwich, Ontario, Canada and Woolwich, Maine, United States of America Woolwich (pronounced Woolitch) is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Competitors at the London Marathon 2003 The London Marathon is a marathon race that has been held each year in London since 1981, usually in April. ...

Standing at 1 Frances Street by Woolwich Dockyard, it was built in the nineteenth century. In the 1881 census it is listed as the Kings Arms Hotel. Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A bomb made of 6lb of gelignite with the addition of shrapnel was thrown through the window into the bar on November 7, 1974. Two people were killed in the explosion. Gunner Richard Dunne of the Royal Artillery was aged 42. He was off-duty. Alan Horsley, a sales clerk aged 20, also died. Responsibility for this bombing was subsequently claimed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and specifically by Martin O'Connell, who was later known as part of the gang apprehended at the Balcombe Street siege. Some of the Guildford Four were charged with involvement in this bombing. This article is about explosive devices. ... Gelignite is an explosive consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or gun cotton) dissolved in nitroglycerine and mixed with wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... Martin OConnell can refer to: Martin OConnell (footballer) Martin OConnell (Canadian politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Balcombe Street Siege was an incident involving the Provisional IRA (Irish Republican Army) on December 6, 1975. ... The Guildford Four were Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick (Paddy) Armstrong and Carole Richardson, who were wrongly convicted in the United Kingdom in October 1975 for the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing which killed five and injured over one hundred people. ...

In 1981 it became one of the pubs on the route of the London Marathon.

References

• [http://republican-news.org/archive/1998/May07/07balc.html An Phoblacht/Republican News, (May 7, 1998)