Event    From 26/12/2004  To 26/12/2004

Tsunami in the Indian Ocean

More than 230,000 people died, 153 being British.

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Tsunami in the Indian Ocean

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Tsunami memorial

120-tonne block of granite, 4.1 metre cube with a corner removed. According...

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George Elliott

George Elliott

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

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Charlotte Esther White

Charlotte Esther White

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 5. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial
George Edgar Oliver Wenborn, Edward Medal

George Edgar Oliver Wenborn, Edward Medal

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

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
George Fox Hosking

George Fox Hosking

Senior 3rd Engineer 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 Bar...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy

1 memorial
Johanna Bergander

Johanna Bergander

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Orwell - Islington - corrected

Orwell - Islington - corrected

N1, Canonbury Square, 27b

May 2016: The Islington Tribute reports that the plaque has been replaced, 27 May, with one giving the correct date of habitation (1944-7...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
F. A. Harris

F. A. Harris

Church Warden of of St Alban, Wood Street in 1865.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bella Burge

Bella Burge

Bella was married to boxer (and bank robber, see OldTimeMusicHall) Dick Burge.  They took on the lease of the Surrey Chapel, an ex-chapel which had become a boxing ring in 1910.  Renamed "The Ring"...

Person, Commerce, Sport / Games

1 memorial
David Garrick

David Garrick

Actor, dramatist and theatre manager. Born Hereford. Left home and travelled to London with Samuel Johnson. As a friend of the Adams brothers he was in 1772, one of the first residents in their new...

Person, Theatre

7 memorials
Roman numerals at Christies

Roman numerals at Christies

SW1, King Street, 5

Having been walked on for many decades the plaque is very worn but with David Hopkins' help we believe we now have it transcribed correct...

1 subject commemorated