Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Andrew Gooding was born on 18 February 1966 and died, aged 14 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA. Local media claim his date of birth to be 18 February 1962, but Birth & Death Indexes held at the General Register Office, London, show the date as 18 February 1966.
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Andrew Gooding
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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...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
District Officer Charles Edward Pearson
Died at the Siege of Sidney Street. Andrew Behan has researched this man: District Officer Charles Edward Pearson was born on 2 August 1869 in Shadwell, a son of Henry Grove Pearson and Sarah Pea...
1 memorial
Stratford Underground crash
The accident, caused by driver error after a signal failure, occurred on the Central line of the London Underground. A signal in the tunnel between Stratford and Leyton had been damaged, and this a...
1 memorial
37 victims of the Denmark Place arson attack
See Denmark Place arson attack for information about the venue and the event. It is thought more than 150 people were inside the building when the attack happened. 37 died and 23 were injured. T...
Group, Tragedy, Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Mauritius, Scotland, Spain
1 memorial
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