Event    From 18/11/1987  To 18/11/1987

King's Cross fire

Categories: Engineering, Tragedy

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King's Cross fire

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Colin Townsley - red plaque

Unveiled on the 34th anniversary of the fire and Townsley's death.

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King's Cross fire - clock

When we first spotted this memorial, in November 2004, there was just the pla...

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King's Cross fire - names

{On the top plaque:} King's Cross Disaster Fund In memory of the 31 people ...

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Soho Fire Station - Clermont

In a 2012 European Trade Union Institute publication concerning firefighters'...

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Soho Fire Station - King's Cross fire

From Emergency we know that this plaque was erected on or before 19 July 2017.

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James Muil Smith

James Muil Smith

Junior 4th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full 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...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Scotland

1 memorial
Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor

Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in...

Person, Engineering, Germany, Hungary

1 memorial
Sir William Cubitt

Sir William Cubitt

Civil Engineer. Born Norfolk. President of The Institute of Civil Engineers. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851, and Chairman of its Building committee. Also designed a louvred...

Person, Engineering

5 memorials
James Morgan

James Morgan

Probably born in Carmarthen, south Wales. Architect and engineer. Employed by John Nash. Worked on the layout of Regent's Park and on the construction of the Regent's Canal as Chief Engineer of the...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Wales

3 memorials
David Gestetner

David Gestetner

Inventor and industrialist. Born in Csorna, Hungary. Worked in Vienna before emigrating to America. Returned to Vienna where he entered a partnership making equipment for hectographs (an early form...

Person, Engineering, Austria, France, Hungary, USA

1 memorial

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Matthew Wallace

Matthew Wallace

Chairman of the City Lands Committee of the Corporation of London in July 1896. We think  Matthew Wallace may be the same man but can't prove it.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bishop Mandell Creighton

Bishop Mandell Creighton

Born Carlisle. His first career was as an historian. Bishop of London, 1897–1901.

Person, History, Religion

2 memorials