Person    | Male  Born 4/7/1962  Died 18/1/1981

Humphrey Geoffrey Brown

Categories: Tragedy

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Humphrey Geoffrey Brown was born on 4 July 1962 and died, aged 18 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA.

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Humphrey Geoffrey Brown

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New Cross Fire - Fordham Park

In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th...

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New Cross Fire - Town Hall

Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scen...

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Lincoln David Abraham

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Sidney Wright (Jnr)

Sidney Wright (Jnr)

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British Film Institute

British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centenary of cinema. See the pdf.

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Virginia & Leonard Woolf - Tavistock Square

Virginia & Leonard Woolf - Tavistock Square

WC1, Tavistock Square, 52, Tavistock Hotel

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Royal Northern Hospital

Royal Northern Hospital

Founded in 1856 by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham (dismissed from University College Hospital for smacking a patient's bottom) at 11 York Road (later York Way), and expanded into numbers 9 and 10.  18...

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Waltham Forest Council

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Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.

Group, Politics & Administration

33 memorials
Bridewell Palace / Prison

Bridewell Palace / Prison

Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was...

Building, Law, Property, Royalty

2 memorials