This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chung Choi
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Tsunami memorial
120-tonne block of granite, 4.1 metre cube with a corner removed. According...
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William Hedges
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Southall rail crash
An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train from Swansea failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing its path. Seven people were killed and 139 inj...
Arding and Hobbs 1909 fire
Built in 1885 Arding and Hobbs department store was the largest south of the River. See Neighbour for a photo of the building. It was destroyed by a fire on 20 December 1909. Newspapers from the ...
New Cross V2 attack
The rocket landed on the Woolworth's building at 12.44pm It was a sunny Saturday and many people were out shopping. There were rumours that Woolworth's were selling saucepans (which were in short s...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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Kathy Bolt
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
Urban Hall
Prime Warden of the Fishmonger Company in 1716, 1717. Lived in Broad Street.
Jules Pipe
Mayor of Hackney 2002 - 16. In Hackney the Mayor is directly elected and is responsible for the executive function of the Council. unlike in many other Councils where it is a mainly ceremonial rol...
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