Plaque

Alistair Berkley and the Lockerbie bombing

Inscription

Broad-leaf Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus x prunifolia) planted in memory of Alistair David Berkley, law lecturer in the Polytechnic of Central London, killed, aged 29, in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie on December 21st 1988.
A constant fighter against injustice anywhere in the world, dearly loved and sadly missed by his family and friends who are determined that his ideals shall not die with him.

Site: Alistair Berkley and the Lockerbie bombing (1 memorial)

WC1, Red Lion Square, Garden

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Alistair Berkley and the Lockerbie bombing

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