Ladbroke Grove rail disaster / Paddington rail crash

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster / Paddington rail crash

Also referred to as the Paddington rail crash. At 8.06am, a Thames train bound for Bedwyn in Wiltshire left Paddington station. Two minutes later, as it sped along at 41mph, it went through a signa...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

2 memorials
Fela Ladipo

Fela Ladipo

A computer expert, killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 33. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Omofela Rasak Ladipo was British citizen who was born on 16 April 1966...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Alan Lai
1 memorial
William Lambert

William Lambert

Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Cynthia Lam
1 memorial
Kin Lam
1 memorial
Marco Lam
1 memorial
Gustav Landauer

Gustav Landauer

Anarchist theorist. Born Germany. Also translated William Shakespeare into German. Beaten to death by soldiers while under arrest in Munich. Film director Mike Nichols is his grandson.

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Germany

1 memorial
John Lane

John Lane

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
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