Event    From 16/10/1987  To 16/10/1987

Great Storm of 1987

Categories: Tragedy

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.

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Great Storm of 1987

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Angus McGill

This plaque was installed in 2017, on the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm...

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Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath

This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...

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Great Storm - Holland Park

28th November 1987 The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell...

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Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens

This oak tree was planted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Kevin ...

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Great Storm - Victoria Park

London Plane Platanus X Hispanica. This tree was planted by his Worship the M...

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Asım Bezirci

Asım Bezirci

66 years old, researcher and writer

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1 memorial
Menekşe Kaya

Menekşe Kaya

17 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Samuel Honey

Samuel Honey

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

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Colin R. McArthur

Colin R. McArthur

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Colin Richard McArthur was born on 24 June 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of four children. He be...

Person, Tragedy, Canada, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
William Huskisson

William Huskisson

Huskisson is famous for being the victim of the first fatal railway accident (not quite true), being run over by the train known as Stevenson's Rocket, at the opening ceremony of the Manchester to ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

2 memorials

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Charles, Champion

Charles, Champion

Charles 'Wag' Champion died whilst based at the Thames Barrier. Died between 1974, when work began on the Thames Barrier and 30 May 2018, when the memorial was erected.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt

Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...

Person, Literature, Poetry

6 memorials
Greater London Council

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone.  On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Royal prince.  Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, second son (the spare) of Prince Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana.

Person, Royalty

2 memorials
Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber

Botanist and biologist - a leading authority in her field, her research spanning the disciplines of science, history and philosophy. She published many books and scientific papers, in particular 'H...

Person, Science

1 memorial