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East Ham G/W

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We think "G/W" must refer to Green Watch. Andrew Behan writes "Every fire station has four 'watches': Red, White, Blue and Green. These are the rotas to which firemen are attached. Hunt and Stokoe were probably members of Green Watch.

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East Ham G/W

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Hunt & Stokoe plaque

In memory of our colleagues Terry Hunt and David Stokoe who gave their lives ...

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Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead

Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead

Canadian firefighter and competitive diver. A section leader from Saskatoon, he died while training in Hampshire. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research and also found the photo: Section L...

Person, Emergency Services, Canada

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
PC Walter C. Choat

PC Walter C. Choat

Aged 34, killed by a burglary gang fighting their way out of a building in Cutler Street.

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

1 memorial
Fireman Alfred Charles Sturk
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
James Braidwood

James Braidwood

Firefighter. Born Edinburgh where he formed the world's first municipal fire brigade. In 1832 he became the first Superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, the precursor to the London...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy, Scotland

2 memorials
Auxiliary Fireman Sidney Alfred Holder

Auxiliary Fireman Sidney Alfred Holder

Crushed under a collapsing wall in Shoe Lane or St Bride Street while fighting a fire in the Blitz. Our picture, 'House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane' is a painting by Leonard Rosoman who, a...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial

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Muhlis Akarsu

Muhlis Akarsu

45 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II

Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

117 memorials
Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Niece of her predecessor, King William IV. Her first name was Alexandrin...

Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

70 memorials
Brentford Monument

Brentford Monument

TW8, High Street Brentford, County Court

Brentford High Street have carried out some magnificent research on Brentford Local Board members and Councillors. That page contains a l...

11 subjects commemorated, 19 creators
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland) married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the man who would become George VI when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated. ...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

34 memorials