Killed in the Moorgate tube disaster.
2019: Via Facebook we were contacted by Corrine Reynolds: "This is my nan's brother, his name is actually Arthur!!" Worried that our transcription had caused the problem we checked, but the memorial definitely gives "Alfred". If Corrine wants to get this fixed we suggest she starts with TfL. Although they are not named on the memorial we'd expect they were involved in some way and would be able to help Corrine find the right people.
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Alfred Corking
The motivating force behind this memorial, the first to the tragedy, erected ...
Saint in the Orthodox Church, killed by Bolsheviks.
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 6. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
After the Great Exhibition of 1851 closed, the Crystal Palace was dismantled and reconstructed in Sydenham. During a time of high unemployment the project provided jobs for over 7,000 workmen. The ...
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