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Thomas Simpson

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Thomas Simpson
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Thomas Simpson

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Thomas Simpson died of exhaustion after saving many lives from the breaking i...

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Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy

On Saturday the 3rd August 1912, the 2nd Walworth Troop of five adults and twenty-four young scouts sailed from Waterloo Bridge for Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey. They moored at Erith for the nig...

Event, Children, Tragedy

6 memorials
Wandsworth Fire Station

Wandsworth Fire Station

The display stand that forms part of the memorial contains a picture of this building shortly after the fire, but the glazing makes it difficult to photograph so we are using a picture of the build...

Building, Armed Forces, Tragedy

2 memorials
Richard Muzira

Richard Muzira

A grandfather in his 60s, killed at about noon on a Monday, run down by a tipper truck. From the Standard: Richard Muzira was “a writer who endured years of torture as a political prisoner in Zimb...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy

1 memorial
Fireman Charles George Gadd

Fireman Charles George Gadd

Firefighter who died as a result of a fire at Langley Street, WC2. Gadd, Hawkins and Rawden died 11-23 May 1954. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, expands upon this. Charles George Gadd was born on 14 ...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Luis de la Huerta

Luis de la Huerta

Victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 26.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Curfew Tower

Curfew Tower

A gateway, it is the only complete remaining building of Barking Abbey.  Built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1460, it now forms the main entrance to the churchyard of St Margaret's Churc...

Building, Religion

1 memorial