Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Glenton Anthony Powell was born on 19 January 1965 and died, aged 16 years, on 25 January 1981 as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA on 18 January 1981. His death was registered in Crawley, Sussex and he was buried in Lewisham on 6 February 1981. Local media claim his date of birth to be 18 January 1966, but Birth & Death Indexes held at the General Register Office, London, show the date as 19 January 1965.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Glenton Powell
Commemorated ati
New Cross Fire - Fordham Park
In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th...
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scen...
Other Subjects
Elizabeth Coghlam
For more information about this hero click on the picture of her plaque.
1 memorial
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
4 memorials
Henry Herbert Gwynn
Henry Herbert Gwynn is 3rd from the right of the nine boys standing in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born in 1899 in Newington, Walworth, Surrey, the youngest of the six children of Ja...
2 memorials
Castle pub in Putney WW2 bomb - 45 dead
45 people lost their lives in the Castle public house during a World War II bomb attack.
1 memorial
Cpl. John Robert McKnight
Died aged 30 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them