Person    | Male  Born 1873  Died 19/1/1917

Hugh McCoombs

Categories: Tragedy

Hugh McCoombs

Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. Imperial War Museum has a page.

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Hugh McCoombs

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Silvertown explosion - monument

Probably erected no more than an year or so after the explosion, this monumen...

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Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828

Thames Tunnel Flood - 1828

During construction, the tunnel was flooded on six separate occasions the worst being the second flooding, on 12 January 1828, in which six workmen died. "Near shift change. Isambard was in the sh...

Event, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Iqbal

Iqbal

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Angelika Helene Kohnke

Angelika Helene Kohnke

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Alfred George Ervine

Alfred George Ervine

An Assistant Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial