In memory of firemen, Bill Faust and Adam Meere who tragically lost their lives in the line of duty, 20 July 2004.
After we'd posted this our colleague Andrew Behan added some biographical details for the two men.
E1, Commercial Road, Fire station
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Faust and Meere - E1
Died with Adam Meere in a fire in Bethnal Green, which started in the basemen...
Died while fighting a fire with Bill Faust, see there for details. Born in no...
Alfred Bestall, 1892 - 1986, illustrator of Rupert Bear, lived here 1936 - 1966. English Heritage
We originally thought this plaque was in the wrong street since Hepworth was, in all reputable sources, born in Beaufort Gardens but Phil...
In our photo the Memorial Hall foundation stone is on the corner of the red brick wall, the copper beech plaque is on the pebble-dashed p...
Plaque unveiled by Mike Leigh director of the 1999 film Topsy-Turvy.
We are indebted to Derek Smith for the following write-up of the siege: The Siege of Sidney Street on 3rd January 1911 came about because of a bungled robbery in Houndsditch in the City of London a...
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
The millennium tree (in 2008 still a sapling) is in front of the half-timbered wall. The two yews commemorating the 850th anniversary ar...
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