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
Commemorated ati
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...
Other Subjects
Ada Jane King
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Henry Rogers
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.
Harold Bride
Born Harold Sidney Bride in Nunhead. He was trained by the Marconi Wireless Company and joined the RMS Titanic as junior wireless operator. After the ship's collision, he remained at his post until...
Dr Clive Richards
Retired GP killed by a lorry while cycling, at 9.40am on a Monday. The driver stopped but was not arrested. Dr Richards lived in Whetstone, had worked as a GP at the Hornsey Rise Health Centre ...