Postman’s Park!
Jamie sent me a link to a great travel blog called Nothing To See Here that has an article about a park in London that contains a memorial to people who died trying to save other people’s lives. Even better, the plaques describe the deaths in that wonderfully poetic 19th century style that I find so irresistible! For example: “Frederick Alfred Croft, Inspector, Aged 31, saved a lunatic woman from suicide at Woolwich Arsenal Station but was himself run over by the train, Jan. 11, 1878.” Oh, such a glorious place to visit!!! A photograph of this plaque and other equally delightful examples can be found on the blog. Enjoy!
This site has been added to the England page of The Morbid Sightseer too. I also fixed a few broken links on the page.
I noticed something similar in downtown Toronto. All along one stretch of downtown is a low wall with plaques commemorating odd deaths.