Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Askin
Commemorated ati
Cleopatra's needle - crew members lost
{A list of 6 names, oddly not in alphabetical sequence - see Subjects commemo...
Other Subjects
Roland Wynne
Son of Sir David Wynne. View from the Mirror tells us "The boy featured in the artwork was modelled upon Roland David Amadeus Wynne (Roly for short) who was 11 years old at the time and later went...
1 memorial
Benedetta Ciaccia
Benedetta Ciattia was born on 15 December 1974 in Italy and came to the UK in 1995. She lived in Norwich, Norfolk and was a business analyst at Pearson Publishing. Her obituary can be found on the ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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