One of two killed by the Docklands IRA bomb. They were both workers in the newsagent’s directly opposite the bomb.
Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man and found the photo: John Alan Jeffries was born on 9 December 1964 in Lewisham, the son of John W. Jeffries and Betty Ellen Jeffries, née Pattison. He was killed working in a newsagent shop as a result of an IRA terrorist explosion at Canary Wharf, aged 31 years, on 9 February 1996.
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John Jefferies
Due to a warning the area was evacuated but this was incomplete and two men w...
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 1. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
There are a pair of these gates on each side of the carriageway which bisects the Park.
Documentary and press photographer known for his work published in 'Picture Post' 1941-57. Born and grew up in Priory Buildings. Photo Histories says Bert was "the first of seven children to carp...
The plaque is in this passageway close to the entrance photographed. The sculpture panel is further in, attached to the wall on the left...
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