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.
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Brian Knights
This tree commemorates the life of Brian Knights who fell to his death on 2 A...
The day after his 16th birthday he was attacked and killed at the Three Cooks bakery on Burnt Ash Hill.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Died, aged 31, when a construction crane crashed, along with Peter Clark and Michal Whittard. The BBC reported on the inquest. The crane was on the construction site for the HSBC skyscraper in Can...
Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Sou...
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