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Monument

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

Erection date: 5/10/2001

Inscription

{On the front face of the memorial:}
Dedicated to the memory of the 31 people who lost their lives as a result of the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster that occurred at eleven minutes past eight on the morning of Tuesday 5 October 1999.

{On the other three faces of the memorial:}
The names and ages of the thirty-one victims (see Commemorated subjects)

{On a small plaque at the base of the memorial:}
Beneath this monument lie buried the ashes of Bryan Tompson born 17.1.1938. 

Site: Ladbroke Grove rail disaster (2 memorials)

W10, Canal Way

The Sainsbury's plaques are on the wall to the right of the large bush in the centre of the photograph.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

Subjects commemorated i

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster / Paddington rail crash

Also referred to as the Paddington rail crash. At 8.06am, a Thames train boun...

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Charlotte Lund Andersen

An international products manager from Stillwater, Oklahoma. Killed in the La...

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Derek Antonowitz

A computer consultant, killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 25. ...

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Anthony Beeton

A civil servant with the Northern Ireland office who had helped draft the Goo...

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Ola Bratlie

A telecommunications engineer from Gavdik in Norway. Killed in the Ladbroke G...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

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Richard Healy

Sculptor active c. 1989 - 2001 at least.

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

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Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - plaques

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - plaques

The plaques are located on a wall overlooking the site of the disaster. Unfor...

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