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
Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828
During construction, the tunnel was flooded on six separate occasions the worst being the second flooding, on 12 January 1828, in which six workmen died. "Near shift change. Isambard was in the sh...
John Alfred Prestwich
Inventor and designer of engines. Born Kensington. He worked with Sebastian de Ferranti and the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene to produce cameras, mutoscopes, cutting and perforation machine...
Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
John Rennie, the elder
Engineer. Born Scotland. In 1791 he moved to London and set up his own business mainly building canals, bridges, docks and harbours. In London his works included: Albion Mills, Waterloo Bridge, Sou...
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William Frederick Faulds, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 & 18 July 1916, age 21, while serving in the 1st Regiment, 1st South, African Infantry Brigade. "On a number of occasions he unflinchingly risked his life b...
Dogs killed in medical experiments in 1902
232 dogs died in 1902 as a result of medical experiments. Wikipedia gives: "In 1875 there were around 300 experiments on animals in the UK, a figure that had risen to 19,084 in 1903 when the brown...
Frank Dobson
Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused wi...
Royal Arsenal Riverside
A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society
Established in 1866 this Building Society was closed down in 1984 by the Registrar of Friendly Societies for what were then considered unsafe business practices. From This Is Money: "The New Cross ...
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