Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. .
, "There appears to be a connection between Walter Mauger and another Brunner Mond employee who died in the explosion, Sidney Joseph Benstead. Mauger was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands, as was Sidney's mother, Julia. The two men, both in their mid twenties, were living at the same address, 26 Lindon/Liddon Road, Plaistow, when they died."
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Sidney Joseph Benstead
Probably erected no more than an year or so after the explosion, this monumen...
Died in an act of terrorism on 22 March 2017 on Westminster Bridge. Kurt Cochran, 54, from the US state of Utah, was in London as part of a holiday celebrating 25 years of marriage to Melissa, who ...
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Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
During WW2 Balham, at a depth of 30 feet, was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. It sheltered hundreds of people each night. At about 8pm on 14 Octob...
For more information about this hero click on the picture of his plaque. MyLondon has done some research and all the sources give this hero's name as Craft, "the memorial plaque spells his name wr...
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