Person    | Male  Born 1856  Died 19/1/1917

James Bruce

Categories: Tragedy

James Bruce

Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. Imperial War Museum has a page.

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James Bruce

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Silvertown explosion - monument

Probably erected no more than an year or so after the explosion, this monumen...

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Ben Roberts

Ben Roberts

British, killed by the Bali bomb, age 28.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Mark David Bryant

Mark David Bryant

Mark David Bryant was born on 30 November 1968, the elder son of David Bryant and Sylvia Margaret Bryant née Soloman (1943-1986) and his birth was reigistered in the Newham registration district. ...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Crooked Billet - V2 attack

Crooked Billet - V2 attack

The attack happened when the pub was full of people enjoying a night out. Twenty seven were killed and dozens were seriously injured.

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
Terrence Alonzo Best

Terrence Alonzo Best

Terrence Alonzo Best was born on 9 December 1932. On 20 August 1959 he is shown as arriving in Southampton, Hampshire, aboard the S.S. Ascania having departed from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Toba...

Person, Tragedy, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Gusti Artini

Gusti Artini

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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BBC - WC2

BBC - WC2

WC2, Savoy Place, 2

This plaque is on the front of this building, over to the left (out of our picture) in the mirror position of the foundation stone. Newl...

1 subject commemorated
S. G. Groome

S. G. Groome

Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Silas cross

St Silas cross

N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church

Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Elvia Castello Branco

Elvia Castello Branco

Wife of Carlos Castello Branco. For lack of any alternative we has given her her husband's surname.

Person, Friend / family, Brazil

1 memorial