Heroes of Postman's Park
Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London
Erschienen am 1. Juni 2015
320 Seiten
978-0-7509-6468-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park, London, is a Victorian monument containing fifty-four ceramic plaques commemorating sixty-two individuals, each of whom lost their own life while attempting to save another. Every plaque tells a tragic and moving story, but the short narratives do little more than whet the appetite and stimulate the imagination about the lives and deaths of these brave characters. Based upon extensive historical research, this book will, for the first time, provide a full and engaging account of the dramatic circumstances behind each of the incidents, and reveal the vibrant and colourful lives led by those who tragically died.
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Stroud
Großbritannien
Illustrationen
8 Plates, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dateigröße
2,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-6468-5 (9780750964685)
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Person
Inhalt
- Intro
- Title
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice: Postman's Park, London
- CAUTION: MEN AT WORK
- 1. Made in London (Griffin, Elliott, Nicholson, Underhill)
- 2. 'Striving to save a comrade' (Durrant, Mills, Jones, Rutter)
- 3. Unsensational heroism (Lucas, Rabbeth)
- RIVERS AND WATERWAYS
- 4. Lightermen and watermen (Lowdell, Onslow)
- 5. Messing about in boats (Benning, Cazaly, Garnish)
- 6. 'Dived in, but was drowned' (Blencowe, Donald, Emery, Farris)
- BOYS WILL BE BOYS
- 7. 'I saved him, but I could not save myself' (Bristow, Fisher, Sisley, Gellman)
- 8. His life for his friend (Clinton, Morris, Selves, McConaghey)
- A POLICEMAN'S LOT
- 9. 'On duty' (Funnell, Smith, Wright)
- 10. Three in a row (Cook, Greenoff, Ricketts)
- NOBLE WOMEN
- 11. The stewardess of the Stella (Rogers)
- 12. 'Our Alice' (Ayres)
- TRAINS AND RAILWAYS
- 13. 'Heroism on the engine' (Dean, Peart)
- 14. Platelayers and flagmen (Goodrum, Pemberton)
- 15. One under (Craft, Hewins)
- LONDON'S BURNING
- 16. Firemen of the brigade (Ford, Lee)
- 17. Friends and neighbours (Bannister, Simons, Slade)
- 18. The 'cult of domesticity' (Coghlam, Kennedy, Smith)
- 19. Her life for her children (Denman, Donovan, Jarman, Regelous)
- DEATH BY MISADVENTURE
- 20. 'Kicked by a horse' (Boxall, Drake)
- 21. Skating on thin ice (Clack, Simpson)
- BEYOND THE STREETS OF LONDON
- 22. 'A desperate venture' (Strange, Tomlinson)
- 23. 'A stranger and a foreigner' (Brown, Cambridge)
- Afterword
- List of tablets and inscriptions
- Bibliography
- Copyright
