Grew up in Brazil. A qualified architect, aged 32, she began work at LOM Architecture and Design, in Shoreditch, in January 2015. Killed at 9am as she cycled to work.
August 2018: The driver of the coach that killed Karla Roman was convicted of causing death of cyclist by careless driving. Barry Northcott, 40, told police he regularly disregarded the rules about the cycle stop box to “stop himself being swamped by cyclists”.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Karla Roman
Killed at 9am as she cycled to work, by a coach. As far as we can tell the co...
Cyclist killed by collision with a lorry while cycling along Ripple Road (the A13) mid-morning on a Monday. Aged 35, at the time he was training for the 2013 London-to-Paris charity cycle ride for ...
Cycling to work in the Monday morning rush hour he was hit by a car and killed. Aged 41 with two children. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and fa...
Dr Giles worked at the Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London. From her own website: "I am a NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and my...
Aged 25. London cycle courier for Olympic killed by a left-turning skip lorry. Driver acquitted. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: John Paul Ellis was born on 15 February 1964 in Ire...
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.
Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbou...
A charity which provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people, now known just as Abbeyfield. Founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, it owns and manages around 200 houses and 20 care homes (2...
Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'F...
Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...
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