From Guinness Partnership History: "The biggest single loss of life at The Guinness Trust estates occurred in one night and at one estate – the 23 February 1944 at the Kings Road tenements. Bombers – likely heading to destroy the power station at nearby Lot’s Road – found the Guinness Trust Building as their target instead. Half of the 160 tenements were destroyed with the rest damaged. 59 people lost their lives that night, including Superintendent Caple and his wife."
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Kings Road tenements WW2 attack
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Guinness Trust Buildings WW2 attack
In memory of the fifty-nine persons who lost their lives on 23rd Feb. 1944.
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Smithfield Market Fire, 1958
On 23 January 1958, a fire broke out in the basement of Union Cold Storage Co at the Smithfield Poultry Market. The fire spread throughout the maze of basements under the market and burned for thre...
1 memorial
New Cross V2 attack
The rocket landed on the Woolworth's building at 12.44pm It was a sunny Saturday and many people were out shopping. There were rumours that Woolworth's were selling saucepans (which were in short s...
4 memorials
William Goddard
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
1 memorial