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...
The church, St Peter's, is out of shot, over to the left. From Wikipedia's St Peter's Bethnal Green page: "Built as a commissioners' chu...
Philip Noel-Baker, 1889 - 1982, Olympic sportsman, campaigner for peace and disarmament, lived here. English Heritage
“Carmen” were the equivalent of today’s delivery drivers.
The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.
The plaque was first erected on the 2-storey pub that used to be here, the Mitford Castle, formerly the Top O' the Morning, closed in 201...
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