This year’s anniversary of the Sandilands tram crash coincides with national commemorations for Remembrance Sunday
Croydon will remember those who lost their lives in the Sandilands tram derailment at a civic ceremony this Sunday, November 9, in New Addington.
Memorial: Central Parade, New Addington, will stage a special service for victims of the 2016 tram crash on Sunday
This will be the ninth anniversary of the tram crash, which occurred on November 9, 2016, when seven Croydon residents were killed as their tram left the tracks on a bend approaching the Sandilands stop.
Dane Chinnery, Donald Collett, Robert Huxley, Philip Logan, Dorota Rynkiewicz, Philip Seary and Mark Smith died, and will be remembered by friends, family and the residents of Croydon.
More than 60 people were injured in the crash.
The ceremony, to be attended by Croydon’s civic Mayor, Councillor Richard Chatterjee, as well as local elected representatives and police, ambulance and fire services staff, will take place at the memorial on Central Parade, starting at 1pm.
The anniversary this year coincides with Remembrance Sunday.
Civic Remembrance ceremonies and the march past will take place outside Croydon Town Hall between 10.30am and 11.45am on Sunday, November 9. A civic church services will be held at Croydon Minster on Sunday from 3pm.
On Remembrance Day, November 11, next Tuesday, there will be a two-minute silence and wreath-laying at the war memorial on Katharine Street.
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