In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever. 22 people were killed in England and France.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Storm of 1987
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Angus McGill
This plaque was installed in 2017, on the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm...
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Great Storm - Holland Park
28th November 1987 The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell...
Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens
This oak tree was planted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Kevin ...
Great Storm - Victoria Park
London Plane Platanus X Hispanica. This tree was planted by his Worship the M...
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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...
Philip Logan
Philip Paul Logan was the eldest of the three children of John W. Logan and Joan M. Logan née Guthrie. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1964 in the Croydon registration district. His ...
James Stuart Nicholas Mayes
James Stuart Nicholas Mayes was born on 16 April 1977 the younger of the two children of Bernard J. Mayes and Rosemary S. Mayes née Rampton. His birth was registered in the Hampstead registration d...
John F. Joseph St Prix
John Fitzgerald St.Prix was born on 22 November 1963 and his birth was registered in the Stepney registration district. He died, aged 23 years, on 18 November 1987 in the King's Cross Underground S...
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Sir Stephen Spender
Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries a very critical review of a 2012 edition of Spender's journals. Died at home at 15 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood , or i...
Katherine Wolf
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Katherine Susan James was born on 15 June 1961 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the younger child of Howard R...
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