At Building we learn: "Brian Knights, a steel erector employed by William Hare, was helping to build an extension to the Imperial War Museum." "... steel erection company William Hare was fined £75,000 plus £9000 costs following {Knight's death} who had fallen 13m from an unsafe working platform."
Our colleague Andrew Behan, adds the full name, Brian Anthony Knights, the date and place of birth: Norwich, Norfolk.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Brian Knights
This tree commemorates the life of Brian Knights who fell to his death on 2 A...
A telecommunications engineer from Gavdik in Norway. Killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 26. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Ola Bratlie was born in Norway on 6 ...
Graphic designer killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 24. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Antonio Lacovara was born on 28 May 1975 in Nottingham. He was the son o...
We are indebted to Derek Smith for the following write-up of the siege: The Siege of Sidney Street on 3rd January 1911 came about because of a bungled robbery in Houndsditch in the City of London a...
The worst V1 attack on South London. The rocket struck the busy street market at 09.41 on a Friday morning. Numbers reported vary, but about 52 people were killed and 124 very seriously injured. T...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 21. Buried in grave 4 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.