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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Alice Ayres
Commemorated ati
PP - 3Q - Ayres
This plaque plays an important part in the plot of the 2004 film Closer. A m...
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Peter Campbell
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Peter Desmond Campbell was born on 23 February 1962 and died, aged 18 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New ...
William Shanks
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
London Salvage Corps
The London Salvage Corps was set up after the Tooley Street Fire of 1861. Their job was to rescue valuables from fire, protect goods from damage by water, etc. to minimise the claims submitted to ...
1874 flood
From Environment Agency: “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inches above Trinity mark, and inundated the south bank of the river along Lambeth, Bankside, and Rotherhithe, and even as ...