First published in The Times, April 18, 1989

The South Yorkshire Police released the names last night of the 94 killed in the disaster.

They were: Thomas Anthony Howard, aged 14, Masseyfield Rd, Brook Vale, Runcorn, Cheshire; Inga Shamsides, 39, Woodstock Rd, Golders Green, north London; Gary Harrison, 25, Steerscourt, Stocksbridge Village, Huyton, Liverpool; David Rimmer, 39, Thornwood, Skelmersdale, Lancashire; Colin Ashcroft, 19, Strawberry Close, Birchwood, Warrington; Ian Whelan, 19, Duckworth Grove, Warrington; James Hennessey, Northern Rise, Great Sutton, South Wirral.

David Hawley, 39, Masefield Ave, Sutton Heath, St Helens; James Gary Aspinall, 18, Bakers Green Rd, Huyton, Liverpool; David Stephen Brown, 25, Hill View, Llanapwlch, Wrexham; Peter Andrew Harrison, 15, Finch Lane, Liverpool; Roy Hamilton, 34, Oxford Rd, Waterloo, Crosby, Merseyside; Colin Wafer, 19, Ince Avenue, Anfield, Liverpool; Gary Church, 19, Dorric Street, Seaforth, Liverpool; Carl William Rimmer, 21, Woodfarm Hey, Stocksbridge Village, Huyton; Paul Murray, 14, Harcourt Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent.

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Christopher Barry Devenside, 18, Stapleton Rd, Formby, Liverpool; Paula Smith, Wapshire Rd, Liverpool; Tracy Box, 22, Greystones, Station Rd, Minety, Malmesbury, Wiltshire; Marie McCabe, 21, Nickhay, Basildon, Essex; Vincent Michael FitzSimmons, 34, Millingford Grove, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan; Brian Matthews, 38, Sugar Lane, Knowsley, Liverpool; Peter Burkett, 24, Singleton Avenue, Prenton, Merseyside; Henry Charles Rogers, 17, Meadowville, Pulford Lane, Dodleston, Chester; Joseph Clark, 29, Changford Grove, Northwood, Kirby.

Francis McAlister, 27, Finsbury Park, north London; Joseph Daniel McCarthy, 21, Cowlishaw Rd, Sheffield; Stephen Joseph Robinson, 17, Downhills Rd, Blondelsands, Liverpool; Eric Hankin, 33, Courtfield, Maghull, Liverpool; Alan Johnstone, 28, Crescent Rd, Walton, Liverpool; Henry Thomas Burke, 46, Derwent Close, Tower Hill, Kirby; Keith McGrath, 17, Gresley Close, Liverpool; James Philip Delaney, 19, Horestone Crescent, Great Sutton, South Wirral; John Owens, 22, Plas Newton Lane, Chester.

Christine Anne Jones, 27, Marsh Way, Penwortham, Preston; Kevin Tyrell, 15, Masseyfield Rd, Runcorn, Cheshire; Ian Lover, 20, Roxburgh Street, Liverpool; Christopher Edwards, 25, King's Rd, Little Sutton, South Wirral; Pete Tootle, 21, Page Walk, Liverpool; Pete McDonnell, 21, Hill View, Carlton Park, Edgbert, Liverpool; Eric Hughes, 43, Warrington, Lancashire; Paul Anthony Hewitson, 26, Hillary Drive, Crosby, Liverpool; Graham Shawn Wright, 17, Long View Lane, Huyton; Carl Darren Hewitt, 17, Nicholas Michael Hewitt, 16, both of Severn Rd, Oadby, Leicester.

Nicholas Joynes, 26, Nursery Rd, Lydigate, Liverpool; Carl Brown, 18, Windermere Rd, Leigh, Greater Manchester; David William Birtle, 22, Kenley Avenue, Endon, Stoke-on-Trent; Gary Collins, 22, Woinden Avenue, Bootle; Patrick John Thompson, 35, Sherborne Avenue, Liverpool; Andrew Brookes, York Close, Sidemoore, Bromsgrove; Kevin Daniel Williams, 16, Whitehouse Avenue, Formby; Simon Bell, 17, Moorside Rd, Great Crosby, Liverpool; Stuart Paul William Thompson, 17, Whitehouse Lane, Formby; Anthony Peter Kelly, 29, Harthill Mews, Ford Estate, Birch Stone, Birkenhead.

Rd David William Mather, 19, Page Moss Lane, Liverpool; Martin Kevin Traynor, 16, Gorsefield Rd, Prenton, Birkenhead; Paul Clarke, 18, Rowthorne Avenue, Swanwick, Derbyshire; Gordon Horn, 20, St James' Drive, Bootle; Christopher James Traynor, 26, Aston Wood Rd, Tranmere, Birkenhead; Colin Andrew Sefton, 23, Tarlswood, New Church Farm, Skelmersdale; Barry Glover, 27, Garrett Street, Ramsbottom, Lancashire; Richard Jones, 24, Ravenna Rd, Liverpool; Sarah Liouse Hicks, 19, White Craig Close, Hatchend, Pinner, Middlesex; William Roy Pemberton, 23, Hunts Cross Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool.

Thomas Steven Fox, 22, Carlton Rd, Birkenhead; Raymond Chapman, 45, Water Park Rd, Prenton, Birkenhead; John McBrien, 18, Old Vicarage, Wells Street, Hollwell, Clwyd; Gerard Baron, 67, Sawley Crescent, Preston, Lancashire; Alan McGloon, 28, Mintor Rd, Northwood, Kirby; Steven Paul Copoc, 20, Petworth Close, Speke, Liverpool; Michael Kelly, 39, Elms House Rd, Old Swan, Liverpool; Paul Carlisle, 20, Eastdale Walk, Tower Hill, Kirkby; Kester Roger Marcus Ball, 16, Faringford Close, St Albans, Hertfordshire; Derrick Godwin, Hanbridge Lane, Lechlade, Gloucester.

John Alfred Anderson, 62, Hawksmoor Rd, Fazakerley, Liverpool; Martin Kenneth Wild, 29, Jubilee Street, New Mills, Derbyshire; Peter Reuben Thompson, 30, Upton Lane, Widnes; Graham John Roberts, 24, Martins Lane, Wallasey, Merseyside; David John Benson, 22, Hall Nook, Penkath, Warrington; Thomas Howard, 39, Masseyfield Rd, Brookvale, Runcornn; Philip John Steele, 15, Wilmcote Grove, Ainsdale, Southport; John Paul Gilhooley, 10, Radway Rd, Huyton, Liverpool; Paul David Brady, 21, Fawnfield Rd, Thornton, Liverpool.

Carl James Lewis, 18, Moorfields, Tower Hill, Liverpool; Gary Philip Jones, 18, Empress Close, Green Park, Merseyside; Stephen Francis O'Neill, 17, Cable Rd, Whiston, Liverpool; Barry Bennett, 26, Tunbridge Drive, Aintree, Liverpool; Victoria Jane Hicks, 15, White Craig Close, Hatchend, Pinner, Middlesex; David Leonard Thomas, 23, Moorland Rd, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead; Stephen Francis Harrison, 31, Lydiate Lee, Netherley, Liverpool; Arthur Horrocks, 42, Town Lane, Bebbiton, Wirral; Philip Hammond, 13, Rosemont Rd, Aigburth, Liverpool; Adam Spearritt, 14, Priory Close, Halton Village, Runcorn.