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Guiseppe Pinelli

Anarchist. Born Milan, Italy. Worked as a railroad fitter. One of a number of anarchists who were taken in for questioning following a bomb that went off in Milan killing 17 people. Pinelli was see...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Italy

Leigh Pitt

For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

Thomas Plater

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

Pocahontas

Native American daughter of an Algonquian chief; birth date approximate. According to colonist John Smith, when he was being held captive by her tribe the 11-year old Pocahontas saved his life by b...

Person, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, USA

Francis Pocock

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

Lisa Pontecorvo

Killed at the junction of Madras Place and Holloway Road. Run over by a cement mixer while wheeling her bicycle across the Holloway Road. The traffic had stopped, she walked her bike across and the...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy, Scotland

Mervin Popadynec

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

Poplar civilians killed in WW2

Event, Tragedy

Potters Bar rail crash

A West Anglian Great Northern train left King's Cross at 12.45 bound for King's Lynn. At 12.55 it crossed over a set of points on which the blades moved suddenly without warning. The rear of the tr...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

Fireman Derek Thomas Potts

Firefighter who died as a result of a fire at Compton Road, N1. Derek Thomas Potts was born on 28 May 1946 in Islington, London, the youngest of the three children of Frederick Arthur Potts (1908-...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy