Person    | Male  Born 6/10/1972  Died 7/7/2005

James Ernest Adams

Categories: Tragedy

James Ernest Adams was born on 6 October 1972 in Chester, Cheshire, the son of Ernest Adams and Elaine Adams née Valentine. Electoral registers in 2003 show him listed at 23 Artindale, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9YL. He was an endowment mortgage specialist working for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and his obituary can be found on the BBC News website.

He died, aged 32 years, on 7 July 2005 in the underground tunnel of the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground Railway between King's Cross and Russell Square underground stations that was targeted by a suicide bomber. The narrative verdict of his death can be found on the Coroner's Inquest Report.  

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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Bombs 7/7/05 - Piccadilly line - NW1

Perhaps the foliage on the plaque is an olive branch.

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Bombs 7/7/05 - Piccadilly line - WC1

This plaque is identical to the one erected at King's Cross St. Pancras.

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Hyde Park memorial to bomb attack 7/7/05

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Macclesfield Bridge explosion

Macclesfield Bridge explosion

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Event, Tragedy, Transport

1 memorial
Kuttalam Govindarajan

Kuttalam Govindarajan

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Person, Tragedy, Sri Lanka

1 memorial
Regent's Park bomb

Regent's Park bomb

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Event, Terrorism, Tragedy

1 memorial
Mary Geraldine Murphy

Mary Geraldine Murphy

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Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Ireland, Scotland

1 memorial
Jimmy Mizen

Jimmy Mizen

The day after his 16th birthday he was attacked and killed at the Three Cooks bakery on Burnt Ash Hill.

Person, Tragedy

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R. G. Theobalds

R. G. Theobalds

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
CIWEM

CIWEM

WC1, St John Street, 15

Not the most exciting plaque we've ever found, but the crest is pretty.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
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Ping pong

EC1, Holborn, 121

The plaque is above the shop name 'Bounce'.

2 subjects commemorated
T. Heard

T. Heard

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
78th  Highlanders

78th Highlanders

Part of the force commanded by Havelock. Infantry.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial