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	London bomb victims identified Officials have named the people killed in the bomb attacks on three underground trains and a bus in London, England, on 7 July. At least 52 people died in the bombings, plus the four suspected bombers.

Circle Line train at Edgware Road

Stan Brewster, 52, was from Swanwick, Derbyshire, in the English Midlands, and had two children. A highways engineer, he had been traveling to London to attend a conference. His family said his death was "needless and inhuman." They issued a statement, saying: "Our lives have changed in a split second, but our memories will last forever."

Jonathan Downey, 34, lived in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, northwest of London with his wife. He commuted to London, where he worked as an HR systems development officer with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, his family said in a statement, which added he would be "sorely missed". "Jon was the youngest of a family of five, who spent a happy and fulfilled childhood in Corby, Northamptonshire," the statement said. "He was a kind, caring, considerated and supportive son, husband and friend."

David Foulkes, 22, lived in Oldham, northwest England, and had recently started a new job working in advertising sales for a newspaper. He had traveled to London to meet one of his new friends from work. His parents, Graham and Janet, issued a statement saying their son was "thrilled" at his new career. "David was a super lad who would never do anyone any harm," they said.

Colin Morley, 52, of Finchley, north London, had worked in marketing for more than 25 years. More recently, he had become heavily involved in the "Be the change" movement, which encourages people and organizations to find ways to change for the better in business matters as well as socially, environmentally and personally. Colleague Nick Hart-Williams said: "He will be incredibly, incredibly missed."

Jenny Nicholson, 24, lived in Reading, Berkshire, west of London, with her boyfriend James White. She had a Master's degree in advanced musical studies and had recently begun to work for a music publishing company in London. Her parents Julie, a vicar, and Gregg, traveled to London hoping to find her. The Bishop of Bristol, the Rt. Rev Mike Hill, said: "Through this senseless act of violence the family and the wider community have lost a young woman of great quality."

Laura Webb, 29, did not make it to work after leaving the home she shared with her boyfriend, Chris, in Islington, north London. Relatives described the personal assistant as an "inspiration to us all". A spokesman for the family said: "Laura was a wonderful young person and an example of how to live life."

Piccadilly Line train from King's Cross to Russell Square

James Adams, 32, was a financial adviser who enjoyed taking short breaks to European cities, his friends said. Originally from Peterborough in central England, he had been heading to work from his home in north London. David Lammy, a friend from school days and now a member of parliament, told the Tottenham Journal newspaper that Adams was a "gentle, funny, generous, kind-hearted guy."

Samantha Badham, 36, was with her long-time partner Lee Harris when the bomb was detonated. The couple usually cycled or drove to work from their home in Tottenham, north London, but took the Tube on July 7 as they were planning to go out for dinner. A statement from relatives said Badham and Harris were "a devoted couple."

Phil Beer, 22, from Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, northwest of London, was in the first carriage of the train when the bomb detonated. A friend traveling with him said he could not see Beer after the explosion amid the smoke, but heard him say he was OK and trying to be reassuring. Beer has been on his way to work as a hair stylist, a job he began two weeks earlier.

Anna Brandt, 42, was from Poland and lived in Wood Green, north London. She was on her way to a cleaning job in Hammersmith, west London. Her brother, Pawel Iskrzynski, took a picture of her to hospitals, hoping to find her. "It is very harrowing," he said.

Ciaran Cassidy, 22, lived in Upper Holloway, north London, with his parents and sister. He was born in London and held Irish citizenship. He was on his way to work at a shop in Chancery Lane, central London. His father, Sean, told Ireland's Sunday Business Post newspaper that Ciaran loved soccer and was a fan of local club Arsenal. "He was a lovely boy and he will be badly missed," the paper quoted his father as saying.

Elizabeth Daplyn, 26, said goodbye to her boyfriend as they went their different ways to work. She usually took the Piccadilly Line to Russell Square station to then walk to University College Hospital where she was an administrator in the neuro-radiology department. She lived in Highgate, north London.

Arthur Edlin Frederick, 60, lived in Seven Sisters, north London, and worked as a security guard. He was a native of Grenada, and had recently returned to London from the Caribbean island nation where he had been helping his parents repair their home. Frederick also lived in Montserrat for more than three decades where he worked in the police force. He was known as a keen performer of calypso music.

Karolina Gluck, 29, originally from Poland was traveling from Finsbury Park subway station in north London to get to Russell Square for work as an administrative assistant.

Ganze Gunoral, 24, was a student from Turkey who had come to London to improve her English. She was last seen at about 8 a.m. when she left her aunt's house in north London to travel to a language college in Hammersmith, west London.

Lee Harris, 30, of Tottenham, north London, died from his injuries more than a week after the attacks. An architect, he was traveling with girlfriend Samantha Badham, who was killed in the carriage. The pair met nearly 14 years earlier when Harris was preparing for his Duke of Edinburgh community award at Hereford Lads Club, in the west of England, and Badham was on the club committee.

Ojara Ikeagwu, 55, took the train from her hometown of Luton to King's Cross. From there she would have got on the Piccadilly Line to go to Hounslow, where she was a social worker for the borough council, relatives said. Ikeagwu, who was of Nigerian descent, had lived in Luton for 25 years, the Luton on Sunday newspaper said. She was married to a retired doctor and had three adult children.

Emily Jenkins, 24, was last heard from at about 08:45 a.m. when she was at King's Cross station. She was a trainee midwife who lived in Richmond, southwest London.

Adrian Johnson, 37, lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire in central England, with his wife and two children. He worked for the Burberrry clothing company and would normally have stayed in a London hotel during the week. But he decided to visit his family and was travelling back to work when the bomb went off. His family said he was "a wonderful, caring family man."

Helen Jones, 28, was a Scot who grew up near Lockerbie -- she was 12 when a PanAm jet was blown up over the town in 1988. She sent a text message to her boyfriend in the morning and later left home in Holloway, north London, to go to work in the center of the city where she was an accountant for Senior Equity Partners. In a statement, her family denounced the attacks as "barbaric" but said Jones would live on in the hearts of family and friends.

Susan Levy, 53, a married mother with two adult sons, was on her way to work from her home in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, north of London. Husband Harry Levy said in a statement: "We are all distraught at her needless loss and our thoughts and prayers are also with the many other families affected by this horrendous tragedy."

Shelley Marie Mather, 26, from New Zealand had been living and working in London for the past three years. Her parents, John Mather and Kathryn Gilkison, flew from Auckland to assist in the search. A statement issued on their behalf said: "Shelley was a beautiful and vibrant girl who was truly loving, caring and giving."
(Photo: Courtesy of New Zealand Herald)

Michael Matsushita, 37, was born in Vietnam in 1968 and moved to the Bronx in New York City when he was about 4 years old. A friend, David Golovner, told CNN that Matsushita was on his way to work at a new tour guide job that he had only started the previous Monday. Matsushita was imaginative and adventurous with a zest for life, Golovner said. "He was always sort of looking for the next thing in life, the next thing he could move on to."

James Mayes, 28, lived in Islington, north London, and worked as an analyst for the Healthcare Commission. Noone heard anything from him after he left home, apparently heading for King's Cross. His friends took photos of him to the hospitals treating casualties, but he was not there.

Behnaz Mozakka, 47, left her home in Finchley, north London at about 08:00 a.m. The Iranian was a biomedical officer at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, a specialist pediatric institution close to Russell Square. She had worked there for seven years, and a hospital spokesman described her as "very popular with her colleagues."

Mihaela Otto, 46, was also known as Michelle and lived in the Mill Hill area of north London with her mother and sister. Born in Romania, she was back in London after training in Los Angeles to be a dental technician. She was traveling to work.

Atique Sharifi, 24, fled Afghanistan after his parents were killed by the Taliban, according to officials at West Thames College in London where he was studying English. Lecturer Harminder Ubhie said Sharifi was a popular and dedicated student who was also learning IT and how to drive. "His fun-loving nature and hard work will never be forgotten," Ubhie said. College principal Thalia Marriott said Sharifi, who lived in Hounslow, west London, was "truly inspirational." "He was destined for a bright future and will be sorely missed."

Ihab Slimane, 24, arrived to live in London from Lyon, France, three weeks before the attacks. He was living in Finsbury Park, north London, and used to take the Tube to work as a waiter at a restaurant in Piccadilly Circus. His father, Mohammed, originally from Tunisia, traveled to London to look for his son after the attacks.

Christian "Njoya" Small, 28, was last seen leaving his flat in Walthamstow, east London, on the morning of July 7. He worked in Holborn, central London, and generally took the Piccadilly Line, friends said.

Monika Suchocka, 23, was training in London at an accountancy firm. Originally from Poland, she was living in Finsbury Park, north London. She sent a text message to colleagues to say she was running late.

Mala Trivedi lived in Wembley, northwest London and worked at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, near to Russell Square. She was a trained radiographer who was responsible for setting up and running the hospital's imaging IT system, which a spokesman said was crucial to the care of patients. "She was a very popular member of her team and will be greatly missed," the spokesman added.

Rachelle Chung For Yuen, 27, lived in Mill Hill, north London. She moved to Britain five years ago with her husband, Billy. She was last seen leaving home to go to work as an accountant in Piccadilly Circus, central London.

Circle Line from Liverpool Street to Aldgate

Lee Baisden, 34, worked as an accountant for the London Fire Brigade, and lived in Barking, Essex, east of London. Friends think he would have arrived at Liverpool Street to change on to the Tube shortly before the blasts.

Benedetta Ciaccia, 30 had been busy planning her September wedding to fianc� Fiaz Bhatti, the Eastern Daily Press newspaper reported. The couple lived together in Norwich, eastern England, but Ciaccia commuted to Embankment, by the River Thames in central London, to work as an economics analyst. Relatives from her native Italy came to London to help search for her after the attacks.

Richard Ellery, 21, lived with friends in Ipswich and worked for the Jessops photographic store chain in the eastern English town. He had been traveling to London for a training day and exchanged text messages with his mother shortly before arriving at Liverpool Street station.

Richard Gray, 41, lived in Ipswich, eastern England, from where he left as usual, catching a train to Liverpool Street and then changing to the Tube to go to work for accountants F.W. Smith, Riches in Pall Mall, central London. He was married and had an 11-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter. A statement released by his family said: "He has made many, many friends - -and his other love, after his family, is the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hockey Club where he played for more than 20 years."

Anne Moffat, 48, lived in Old Harlow, Essex, north east of London. Her brothers, Chris and Tom Moffat, issued a statement saying: "Close family and friends mourn her tragic loss." Moffat was head of marketing and communications for Girlguiding UK, a youth organization similar to the Girl Scouts in the U.S. In a statement her colleagues said: "Anne had worked for Girlguiding UK for over 20 years and had touched many people's lives. A truly special person who was talented, warm and gracious, she will be truly missed."

Fiona Stevenson, 29, was a criminal lawyer, described as "irreplaceable" by her parents and "supremely able" by her employer. She left her home in Barbican, central London, at about 08:20 a.m. but never arrived at her law firm. Earlier this year she spent four months working as a volunteer in Belize, where she also enjoyed her pastimes of kayaking and diving.

Carrie Louise Taylor, 24, from Billericay, Essex, east of London, traveled with her mother into Liverpool Street station on her way to the Royal Society of Arts where she worked. Her mother, June, told newspapers that the two parted and went separate ways just minutes before the bombings. "I'm so very glad that the last picture I have of her in my head is smiling and waving at me," she was quoted as saying.

Route 30 bus, Tavistock Square

Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26, a London-born Nigerian called his office near Liverpool Street at 9:41 a.m. to say the Tube was closed and he would find another way to get to work. He became one of the best known of the missing after his mother, Marie, flew to London and made an impassioned appeal for her son. "I grieve, I am sad, I am distraught, I am destroyed," she said in a speech replayed on television.

Jamie Gordon, 30, from Enfield, north London, worked for City Asset Management in Old Street. He grew up in Zimbabwe and had been planning to settle down finally with his partner Yvonne Nash, his family said in a statement quoted by the UK's Press Association. "Jamie touched many people's lives and the response to this tragedy is overwhelming," the statement said.

Giles Hart, 55, lived with his family in Hornchurch, Essex, east of London. The engineer was traveling to north London for his job at British Telecom. He was a former chairman of the Polish Solidarity Campaign of Great Britain and member of the Humanist Society. "Giles was always a champion of liberty and human rights and a campaigner against political injustice and bigotry. It is tragic that he fell victim to the very evil against which he had struggled," his family said in a statement.

Marie Hartley, 34, was sitting on the upper deck of the bus next to a colleague when the bomb exploded. The colleague was taken to hospital but relatives said they had heard nothing from Hartley, a married mother-of-two who lived in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, in the north of England. She worked for a greeting card manufacturer and was in London to attend a course.

Miriam Hyman, 31, lived in Barnet, north London. She worked as a picture researcher. She called her father, John, on her mobile phone after the train attacks to say she had been evacuated from King's Cross station. She also called her workplace at Canary Wharf and was told not to try to get there.

Shahara Islam, 20, was said to be a devout Muslim who lived in Plaistow, east London. She was born in east London to Bangladeshi parents who had immigrated to Britain in the 1960s. Those who knew her said she moved easily between her two cultures - practising her religion while also enjoying going out shopping with her friends. She was on her way to a dental appointment before going to her work as a bank clerk.

Neetu Jain, 37, from Hendon in north London, called her boyfriend 10 minutes before the bus blast to say she had been evacuated from Euston station, close to Tavistock Square.

Sam Ly, 28, originally from Melbourne, Australia, had come to London to be with his girlfriend and work in IT. He was in a critical condition after the bus blast and was taken to the Royal London Hospital, where he died a week later. His father and nephew had flown from Australia to be at his bedside, along with his girlfriend. (Photo: Courtesy of ABC TV)

Shyanuja Parathasangary was 30 and lived in Kensal Rise, north-west London, with her parents. She was on her way to work at the Royal Mail. She traveled into Euston by train and her relatives think she then got on the Route 30 bus. Her mother, Ruth, said she did not say anything when she left for work as usual on the Thursday morning. "She just gave me a sweet smile."

Anat Rosenberg, 39, was a children's charity worker who left her native Israel almost two decades ago. She was talking to her partner, John Falding, when the bus bomb went off. Falding said he heard terrible screams and then the line went dead. He was quoted by PA as adding: "The irony of all these terrible things is that she was afraid of going back to Israel because she was scared of suicide bombings on buses."

Philip Stuart Russell, 28, from Kennington, south London, appears to have only taken the bus after being evacuated from the London Underground on his way to work at JP Morgan, PA quoted his family as saying. His father, Grahame, said his son would normally have got off the subway at Moorgate, but in the unfamiliar surroundings of Euston he took the wrong bus. "I am just trying to mourn and grieve his loss. He's a wonderful kid that was in the wrong place at the wrong time," PA quoted Grahame Russell as saying.

William Wise, 54

Gladys Wundowa, 51, had finished a morning shift as a cleaner in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in University College London, part of the University of London, and was on her way to a course in Shoreditch, east London. She is survived by her husband, Emanuel, and two sons.

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