Erection date: 8/4/2016
{Above the London Transport logo:}
In remembrance of the twelve people killed in the collision between two Central Line trains adjacent to Stratford Station on the 8th April 1953.
E15, Stratford Station, Upper Level
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
The accident, caused by driver error after a signal failure, occurred on the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
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Artist and designer. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. As an art student, he was sponsored by Professor Joseph McKnight, from whom he adopted his middle name. He moved to Paris whe...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
British History Online (1878) says that in about 1795 "the original stone, being broken in two pieces, was removed hence to the corner of...
Born Australia. Served in WW2 initially as a sapper and then as a war artist.
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