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Crash of the R101 airship

In the 1920s the British government was hoping airships would provide a means of transport to the far-flung Empire. Two vehicles were being trialled: the R100 and the R101. On its first overseas fl...

Event, Tragedy

Samuel Rabbeth

Find a Grave has an entry for Rabbeth, whose grave is in Barnes Cemetery. For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque.

Person, Tragedy

Rachel Elizabeth Rackow

Rachel Elizabeth Rackow was born on 5 July 1964, the youngest of the five children of Dr Francis Isidore Rackow (1922-2003) and Daphne Jean Rackow née Spittle (1928-2019). Her birth was registered ...

Person, Photography, Tragedy

Carina Rafling

Non-British, killed by the Bali bomb.

Person, Tragedy

Peter Rage

Possibly also known as Bengt Rage.

Person, Tragedy

Mujibur Rahman

Born Bengal. Bangladeshi politician and statesman. Father of the Bangladeshi nation, popularly known as Bangabandhu (various spellings), Bengali for "Friend of Bengal". First President of Banglade...

Person, Nationalism, Tragedy, Bengal, Indian Sub-continent

Railway Workers killed or injured on the railways

Group, Tragedy, Transport

John Raisin

A recruitment consultant, killed in the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster, aged 61. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: John D. B. Raisin was born on 26 August 1938, the son of Alec R...

Person, Tragedy

Luis L. Ramirez

Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998.  Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.

Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA

David Alan James Rathkey

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. David Alan James Rathkey was born on 28 April 1954 in Eton, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) a son of Colin...

Person, Tragedy, Channel Islands, USA, Wales