In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East England. In four violent hours London lost 250,000 trees. Its skyline changed for ever. 22 people were killed in England and France.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Storm of 1987
Commemorated ati
Angus McGill
This plaque was installed in 2017, on the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm...
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Great Storm - Holland Park
28th November 1987 The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Russell...
Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens
This oak tree was planted by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Kevin ...
Great Storm - Victoria Park
London Plane Platanus X Hispanica. This tree was planted by his Worship the M...
Other Subjects
Henry Rogers
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.
1 memorial
Eliezer Halfin
Wrestler. Born in Riga, Latvia. He was a mechanic and was a lightweight wrestler for eleven years. He came to Israel in 1969, and was selected for the country's team for the 1972 Olympic Games in M...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Latvia
1 memorial
Beatrice Lilian Vickery
Civilian killed in the crash of Hampden bomber P4399. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this woman: Beatrice Lillian Daniels was born on 7 January 1891 in Warrington, Lancashire, a ...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them