Person    | Female  Died 21/6/1898

Ada Jane King

Categories: Tragedy

Ada Jane King
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

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Ada Jane King

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HMS Albion disaster

28 victims are buried here; another 6-11 victims (numbers differ between sour...

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Workers killed at work (builders)

Workers killed at work (builders)

The thousands of building workers who have lost their lives at work. Researching one of these terrible events reminded us that we have found other memorials to people who died in 'accidents' at wo...

Group, Property, Tragedy

12 memorials
Robyn Gai Webster

Robyn Gai Webster

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Faryner and his shop

Thomas Faryner and his shop

Born 1615-6, Thomas Faryner (or Farriner) joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and by 1649 had his own bakery/shop/home on Pudding Lane. It seems that someone failed properly to extinguish a fire in...

Building, Food & Drink, Tragedy

3 memorials
Paul Ellis

Paul Ellis

Aged 25. London cycle courier for Olympic killed by a left-turning skip lorry. Driver acquitted. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: John Paul Ellis was born on 15 February 1964 in Ire...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial
Zeppelin raid - Burgess Park

Zeppelin raid - Burgess Park

A German Zeppelin dropped a 300-pound ordnance bomb, known as an ‘aerial torpedo’, on to the corner of Calmington and Albany Roads. 12 people were killed, and three policemen risked their lives in ...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial