Person    | Male  Died 21/5/2000

Michael Whittard

Categories: Tragedy

Michael Whittard

Died, aged 39,  when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.

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Michael Whittard

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Burgess, Clark and Whittard

In memory of Martin Burgess, Peter Clark and Michael Whittard, who died on 21...

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Dan Harris

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Culloden - prisoners

Culloden - prisoners

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Iain Haggart

Iain Haggart

Possibly also known as Patrick Haggart.

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Smithfield Market Fire, 1958

Smithfield Market Fire, 1958

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Anthony Berbeck

Anthony Berbeck

Berbeck actually escaped the fire, but became mentally disturbed and died after falling from a balcony, a possible suicide. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Anthony Alex...

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Archer Street Chambers

Archer Street Chambers

W1, Archer Street, 9 , Archer Street Chambers

Archer Street Chambers was built in 1882/3 as dwellings for artisans. It was purchased for improvement by the Soho Housing Association in...

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Southwark Council

Southwark Council

The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques fro...

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Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

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Group, Armed Forces, Engineering

1 memorial
Peckham Peace Wall

Peckham Peace Wall

In the aftermath of the London riots of 2011, the Peckham Shed encouraged local residents to put post-it notes on the boards covering the broken windows of the Poundland shop in order to show their...

Place, Community / Clubs, Peace

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Powderhall Bronze

Powderhall Bronze

From the website: "We offer a full Consultancy and Production Service taking original artwork through from production to installation on site." Based in Edinburgh.

Group, Craft / Design, Scotland

1 memorial