Giles Hart

Giles Hart

Giles Hart (20 November 1949 – 7 July 2005) was a British engineer and trade union activist.

Hart was born in Khartoum, Sudan. In the 1980s, he was chairman and treasurer of the "Polish Solidarity Campaign", the main British pro-Solidarnosc organisation.

He died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings, when he was killed instantly when on which he was travelling to work on the No 30 bus, which was blown up in Tavistock Square.

He was posthumously awarded with the Polish Golden Krzyż Zasługi (Cross of Valor), and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. He has also been honoured with a memorial in Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith.

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* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4283257.ece Times article]


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