Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
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Michael Burns
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Cleopatra's needle - crew members lost
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Coronation Avenue bombing
Coronation Avenue consisted of a terrace of about 15 shops with five storeys of flats above and behind. The air raid shelter was beneath three of the shops. It suffered a direct hit by a bomb, resu...
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John Henry Hesketh
Second Engineer (Refrigeration) 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 Par...
1 memorial
Samuel Southgate
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 23. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
John Humffreys Parry
Born Flintshire, Wales. Came to London in 1807 to train as a lawyer at the Temple. Called to the bar in 1811. But he was unsuccessful in this profession and turned to writing about Welsh history...
1 memorial
Andreea Cristea
Died following an act of terrorism on 22 March 2017 on Westminster Bridge. Romanian tourist Andreea Cristea, 31, fell into the River Thames after being driven at by the terrorist as she walked acro...
1 memorial
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James Robinson
Pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry. Our picture source gives much information about his life and the circumstances of his death. He was born on 22 November 1813 in Southampton, Hampshire. On 12 ...
1 memorial
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