Person    | Male  Born 15/3/1971  Died 7/7/2005

Jonathan Downey

Categories: Tragedy

Jonathan Downey was born on 15 March 1971 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, a son of Teresa B. Downey, née Peavoy (1937-2004). He married Veronica K. Jones in 1991 in Corby, Northamptonshire and electoral registers in 2003 show him listed at 69 Charnwood Road, Corby, NN17 1YR. They moved to Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and he was a strategic development officer working for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. His obituary can be found on the BBC News website.

He died, aged 34 years, on 7 July 2005 in the underground tunnel of the Circle Line on the London Underground Railway between Edgware Road and Paddington underground stations that were targeted by a suicide bomber. The narrative verdict of his death can be found on the Coroner's Inquest Report.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jonathan Downey

Commemorated ati

Bombs 7/7/05 - Circle line - W2

In memory of those who were killed in the bomb attack on a Circle line train ...

Read More

Hyde Park memorial to bomb attack 7/7/05

The 52 columns are 1m apart, 3.5m high and made of roughly textured stainless...

Read More

Other Subjects

James Hewers

James Hewers

For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Irving

John Irving

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Kadek Ngartina

Kadek Ngartina

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
World War 2

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps.  And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

376 memorials

Previously viewed

Thomas Tredgold

Thomas Tredgold

Engineer, specialising initially in carpentry and wood.  Born near Durham.

Person, Engineering

2 memorials
Jon Pertwee - E6

Jon Pertwee - E6

E6, Barking Road, 39 - 41, The Who Shop

The Who Shop was established in 1984 and sells a vast variety of 'Whovian' merchandise. It also has a Doctor Who museum. Blue plaques to...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Martin Andrews

Martin Andrews

WC1, Mecklenburgh Square Garden

The garden is normally locked so the annual Open Garden Squares Day may be your only chance to see this.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir C J Freake

Sir C J Freake

SW7, Cromwell Road, 21

Plaque actually in Cromwell Place.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
William Baker

William Baker

First Lieutenant William Henry Baker was born on 13 September 1920 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA, the son of William Henry Baker (1886-1976) and Mercedes Ernestine Baker née Giesbers (1890-198...

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial