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
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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...
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1 memorial
Thomas Armitage
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
John Bridgens
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Bernard Marks
Killed in the Moorgate tube disaster. Father of the writer Laurence Marks, who with his partner Maurice Gran has written TV shows such as Birds of a Feather. His son wrote an article for The Guard...
1 memorial
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Sir William Siemens
Born Germany. Electrical engineer, inventor and businessman. Came to England in 1843 with an electro-plating invention. Became naturalised British subject in 1859. Also worked with the regenerativ...
1 memorial
John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
61 memorials
Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery
In 1874, on the death of her father, Mayer de Rothschild, she became the richest woman in Britain. Married 5th Earl of Rosebery, who, after her death, achieved his ambition of becoming Prime Minis...
1 memorial
Henry Hugh Armstead
Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus ...
68 memorials
Sir Eugene Goossens
Composer and conductor. Born Eugene Aynsley Goossens in Rochester Square, Camden Town. Son of Eugene Goossens. Studied in London and Bruges and became associate conductor to Sir Thomas Beecham. He ...
1 memorial
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