In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever. 22 people were killed in England and France.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Storm of 1987
Commemorated ati
Angus McGill
This plaque was installed in 2017, on the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm...
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Great Storm - Holland Park
28th November 1987 The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell...
Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens
This oak tree was planted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Kevin ...
Great Storm - Victoria Park
London Plane Platanus X Hispanica. This tree was planted by his Worship the M...
Other Subjects
Robert Hubert
A watchmaker from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London. There were many obvious flaws and impossibilities in Hubert's confession. He h...
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.
Paul Gilbey
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Paul Stuart Gilbey was born on 31 July 1962 and his birth was registered in the Edmonton registration dist...
Yosef Romano
Weightlifter. Also known as Yossef, Yossi or Joseph. Born in Benghazi, Libya. He was the Israeli weight-lifting champion in the light and middle-weight divisions for nine years. He started to compe...
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