Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister - and the only one, so far, to have been assassinated. Born Audley Square (now a car park). Appointed by George III as PM in 1809. Shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, at about...
Prime Minister - and the only one, so far, to have been assassinated. Born Audley Square (now a car park). Appointed by George III as PM in 1809. Shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, at about...
Anthony Richard Petch was born on 22 August 1945 in East Appleton, North Yorkshire, a son of Hugh Herbert Petch (1914-1996) and Peggie Petch née Smith (1921-1979). His birth was registered in the 4...
Firefighter. He was killed when part of the roof collapsed while he was fighting a fire at the Worsley Hotel, Clifton Gardens, Paddington. He was 25 years old. From The Red Plaque website: "On the...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 21. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Joan Lilian Williams was born on 31 May 1930, the second of the three children of George Henry Williams (1906-1990) and Maud Melbourne Williams née Sinfield (1907-1996). Her birth was registered in...
Not everyone was happy that Hackney named a block of flats after this anarchist.
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man (and points out that our source for the list o...
Killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack. Aged 27, he was working as a waiter at the Boro Bistro.
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.