This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King's Cross fire
Commemorated ati
Colin Townsley - red plaque
Unveiled on the 34th anniversary of the fire and Townsley's death.
King's Cross fire - clock
When we first spotted this memorial, in November 2004, there was just the pla...
King's Cross fire - names
{On the top plaque:} King's Cross Disaster Fund In memory of the 31 people ...
Soho Fire Station - Clermont
In a 2012 European Trade Union Institute publication concerning firefighters'...
Soho Fire Station - King's Cross fire
From Emergency we know that this plaque was erected on or before 19 July 2017.
Other Subjects
first gas-lit street in the world
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...
Peter Sloan
Chief Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.
Henry Philip Creese
Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street, Sou...
William Harnett Blanch
Historian. Born into a family of gun and rifle manufacturers, he was a prolific writer of books, mainly about the local history of London. He also founded The London Thirteen Club as a means of de...
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London and Greenwich Railway
The first steam railway to have a terminus in London. Originally it ran, largely on viaducts, between Deptford and Spa Road Bermondsey. By 1838 it had been extended at both ends: from Deptford to G...
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Born as Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill on the edge of Manchester on 24 November 1849 and author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. She died, aged 74 years, on 29 October 1924...
Admiral Sir Caspar John
Born 18 Fitzroy Street. Pioneer in the fleet air arm. British first sea lord from 1960 -1963. Invested as Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) 1960. Died Hayle, Cornwall.
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