Event    From 18/6/1972  To 18/6/1972

Trident air disaster

Categories: Tragedy

Flight BE548 crashed within 3 minutes of taking off from Heathrow. It came down in a field near Staines. 188 died.

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Trident air disaster

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Homeopathic doctors in Trident crash

There are two identical benches placed near each other.

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William Thomas Carson McReynolds

William Thomas Carson McReynolds

Junior 6th 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, Ireland

1 memorial
Francis Pocock

Francis Pocock

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Hasret Gültekin

Hasret Gültekin

23 years old, poet and artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Brian Holt

Brian Holt

Aged 62 Holt had worked as a porter at Mile End Hospital for 40 years. He had been commuting by bike the short journey of about a mile from his Stepney for just over a year in order to get fit. Th...

Person, Cyclist, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Lady Emily Fortescue

Lady Emily Fortescue

With one clue from a Council document related to the impressive Time Flies clock tower, we searched high and low for a "Mrs Galpin" who could have been the donor but found nothing to substantiate t...

Person, Benefactor

2 memorials
Ritz Hotel

Ritz Hotel

Opened by Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz. The first hotel in the country where every room had an ensuite bathroom.

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
Netherlands Section of the League of Neutral States

Netherlands Section of the League of Neutral States

We can only find two references to this organisation: a references to its formation in 1780 (surely not the same one?) and an appeal reported 12 Dec 1916 in the New York Times that it made to Ameri...

Group, Other

1 memorial
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

Architect. Born 26 Church Row, Hampstead. Grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott. Built Liverpool Cathedral (where he and his wife are buried). Rebuilt the Commons Chamber at the Houses of Parliament...

Person, Architecture

7 memorials
Walter Wakley

Walter Wakley

Walter Wakley was born on 4 October 1883 in Clapham, Surrey, the fifth of the eight children of Albert Wakley (1852-1915) and Sophia Wakley née Watson (1855-1923). His birth was registered in the 4...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial