Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Peter Desmond Campbell was born on 23 February 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. He was buried on 5 February 1981 in Lewisham.
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Peter Campbell
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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...
New Cross Fire - Town Hall
Unveiled by Sybil Phoenix, a community leader who had been called to the scen...
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Khadija Saye
Born London. Also known as Ya-Haddy Sisi Saye. Gambian-British photographer. Her photography explored her Gambian-British identity and was exhibited in the Diaspora Pavilion at the Venice Biennale ...
1 memorial
Michael Burns
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
1 memorial
William Askin
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
1 memorial
Arandora Star
Deporting Italian and German prisoners of war the cruise ship was between Liverpool and Canada when it was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine. Of the 734 Italians on board, 486 died. Of th...
1 memorial
Christopher Head
Mayor of Chelsea 1909-11. Died in the sinking of the Titanic. Born Stoke Newington. Boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a first class passenger and occupied cabin B-11. If recovered his body was...
1 memorial
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Queen Adelaide
As the wife of King William IV, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was our queen and Queen of Hanover, 1830-7. She was married in 1818 and in 1819 the royal household moved from Germany to England and use...
3 memorials
Edward Lear - Seymour Street - gone
W1, Seymour Street, 30
2016: Douglas Eaton told us the plaque has gone. Checking on Google Street View history: it was still there in July 2009, then number 30 ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
New Cross Fire
A fire at a teenagers' birthday party caused the death of 14 young people, 13 at the fire. The 14th victim was Anthony Berbeck, who escaped the fire, but became mentally disturbed and died after fa...
4 memorials
John Logie Baird
Born in "The Lodge" in Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Inventor of mechanical television. Picture of him demonstrating a prototype at Selfridges, 1925. Died in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
8 memorials
Herbert Howells
Composer. Born Herbert Norman Howells at High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire. He studied under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music and succeeded Gustav Holst as director of music at St ...
1 memorial
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