Son of William Charles Appleby and Edith Emily Appleby. Lived at 121 Hindle House Arcola Street Hackney where, 5 months before his death, a bomb had killed his mother. He was a Royal Navy DEMS Gunner aboard the merchant ship 'SS Bay Fisher' when it was bombed by an enemy aircraft and sunk 3.5 miles North East of Bell Rock Scotland. Of the ship's crew eight were lost including Appleby and four were rescued. Appleby is also remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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Able Seaman Christopher Appleby
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Hindle House - WW2 - first plaque - first appearance
To the memory of those who fell in the 1939 - 1945 world war. On active servi...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Thomas Briggs
Banker and murder victim. He was beaten and robbed while he travelled on the 9.50pm train from Fenchurch Street to Chalk Farm. The assailant took his gold watch and gold spectacles, but left £5 in ...
1 memorial
Robert Sadler
Silk printer, pugilist, publican and property developer, active in the mid-1800s. Son of a prominent Summerstown family. He ran a local beer house, The Sir Jeffrey Dunstan at 47 Summerstown, and in...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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