1940

Elsie Wright

Categories: Tragedy

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Killed in the Camberwell Green air-raid, aged 13.

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Elsie Wright

Commemorated ati

Wedding party WW2 air raid

{Plaque on the upright element:} In memory of the people of Camberwell who di...

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Keith Blakelock

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Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial

Ulrika Gustavsson

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

Alexander Williamson Fallon

Alexander Williamson Fallon was born in 1914 in Falkirk, Scotland. He was married with four daughters. His wife, Janet, died about 1974 and he drifted into homelessness in London in the 1980's. He...

Person, Tragedy, Scotland

1 memorial

Henry Fielding

Construction worker killed in the fatal accident at Crystal Palace.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

James Gardiner

Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial