Alfred Linnell killed in Trafalgar Square, November 20, 1887 Tower Hamlets Cemetery Bloody Sunday (1887) - Wikipedia
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Alfred Linnell Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Registration Year: 1887 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 41 Registration district: Strand Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1b Page: 429 Alfred Linnell (1846-1887) - Find A Grave... Socialist campaigner. He was attending the demonstration by the Law and Liberty League, a protest against Government proposals to restrain free speech - when he was trampled by a police horse. He died of injuries two weeks later. Dont you just love some peoples accuracy and focus on their research - from a family tree for this man Spouse: Lucy Isabella Gardner Father: William John Linnell Mother: Sophia Children: Henry John Birth: 05/1849 Shoreditch Middlesex England Death: 10/1887 Trafalgar Johnson Indiana USA Residence: 1851 Shoreditch Middlesex England TD
The death of Alfred Linnell – The Wilson – Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum Extract from Wiki The funeral of Linnell on 18 December provided another focus for the unemployed and Irish movements. William Morris, leader of the Socialist League, gave the main speech and "advocated a holy war to prevent London from being turned into a huge prison" A smaller but similar event marked the burial of another of those killed, W. B. Curner, which took place in January. The release of those imprisoned was celebrated on 20 February 1888, with a large public meeting.Henry Hyndman, leader of the SDF, violently denounced the Liberal Party and the Radical MP's who were present. Good find