Monument

HMS Albion disaster

Inscription

{The five red granite slabs carry the names and ages of 28 victims of the disaster, See Subjects commemorated.}

28 victims are buried here; another 6-11 victims (numbers differ between sources) were buried elsewhere. Of these 28, 12 were children (below the age of 18) including 2 babies, and only 8 were male.

Site: HMS Albion disaster (1 memorial)

E13, Grange Road, East London Cemetery

We were asked to stop taking photos here because it was an 'invasion of privacy'. This has never before happened to us in cemeteries and seems very strange as we weren't photographing other visitors, only this mass grave and memorial for a historic event.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
HMS Albion disaster

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HMS Albion disaster

The Albion was a battleship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co...

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Beatrice Bishop

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 24. Buried in grave 4 at the me...

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George Claydon

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the me...

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Leah Dearl

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 3 at the me...

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Ann Dives

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 39. Buried in grave 1 at the me...

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