Joseph Bell
Chief engineer of the RMS Titanic. Born in Farlam, Cumbria, he moved to Newcastle where he served his apprenticeship. He was hired by the White Star Line and served on several ships before being ap...
Chief engineer of the RMS Titanic. Born in Farlam, Cumbria, he moved to Newcastle where he served his apprenticeship. He was hired by the White Star Line and served on several ships before being ap...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
Eric Benfield was born on 9 June 1902 in Swanage, Dorset, the third of the four children of Charles Benfield (1866-1936) and Adelaide Benfield née Smith (1868-1943). His birth was registered in the...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Oliver Duncan Bennett was born on 8 April 1972 and his birth was registered in the Hammersmith registratio...
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. Imperial War Museum has a page. Also, "There appears to be a connection between Walter Mauger and anothe...
Aged 36, was shot dead after entering the house in Cutler Street where robbers were trying to break into the jewellers behind.
Jeffrey David Benton was born on 14 November 1947, the eldest child of Alan David Benton (1918-2005) and Thelma D. Benton née Alder (b.1923). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1947 in ...