Erection date: 8/4/2016
{Above the London Transport logo:}
In remembrance of the twelve people killed in the collision between two Central Line trains adjacent to Stratford Station on the 8th April 1953.
E15, Stratford Station, Upper Level
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
The accident, caused by driver error after a signal failure, occurred on the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Stratford Underground crash
This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its na...
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The list uses abbreviations for first names extensively: Wm., Richd,, Albt., Chas., Hy., Ivo., etc. Those last standing for Henry and Ivo...
The first quote comes from the ancient Greek writer Hermes Trismegistus; the second from Ecclesiastes 44:7. This monument is a good exam...
All the text is turned sideways, so it avoids being upside down, whether viewed from inside or outside the garden. This memorial, while s...
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