Edgware Road: 6 fatalities

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  • Michael Stanley Brewster

    Age: 52

    Michael Brewster, known as Stan, was married with two children. The senior project engineer for Derbyshire County Council had been in London for a conference. Fellow passengers made considerable efforts to try to save him at the scene, but he succumbed to his injuries. Mr Brewster's family spent a week searching London for him, until police were able to confirm he was one of the victims.

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  • Jonathan Downey

    Age: 34

    Mr Downey, who grew up in Northamptonshire, lived in Milton Keynes and worked in human resources for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, one of the capital's main councils. He and his wife had taken the same train to Euston before going their separate ways. Evidence suggests that he was killed instantly. Of those who died, Mr Downey is thought to have been standing closest to the bomber.

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  • David Graham Foulkes

    Age: 22

    Mr Foulkes, from Oldham, was a media sales manager for the Guardian newspaper based in Manchester, where he lived with his parents and sister. He was making plans to move in with his girlfriend, Stephanie Reid, and she and his family said he was enjoying life and his career at the time of the blast. Mr Foulkes was in London for a meeting with a colleague. The evidence indicates he was killed instantly.

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  • Colin William Morley

    Age: 52

    Mr Morley was a married father of three. He was a marketing consultant who used his skills to help charities to use the strength of their brands for social good. He was found lying near to the body of David Foulkes and the evidence suggests that he was killed in the immediate explosion. Mr Morley's wife later wrote that her husband was so dedicated to helping others that he left "a most magical beautiful light" wherever he went.

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  • Jennifer Vanda Nicholson

    Age: 24

    Miss Nicholson was standing by the carriage doors when the bomb detonated and was blown out of the train onto the track. The talented musician, who commuted daily from Reading, was working for a specialist music publisher when she was killed. Miss Nicholson did not usually take the train she boarded that day. Problems on her usual line led her to take the Circle Line instead. The evidence suggests she was killed instantly.

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  • Laura Webb

    Age: 29

    Ms Webb was from Islington in north London and worked as a personal assistant with DDB Europe, an advertising company, based in Paddington. Witness statements indicate that she survived for a short period after the explosion, despite being the second closest to the bomber. A number of passengers tried in vain to save her and to maintain her circulation, with the help of other commuters who shouted instructions.

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