From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for two days and destroyed most of the nearby buildings. It was the greatest test of the new London Fire Engine Establishment. The whole force was mobilised to fight the blaze, including its head, James Braidwood, who was killed when a wall fell on him. It was a full two weeks before the remaining embers were finally doused."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great fire of Tooley Street
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Great fire of Tooley Street
2021: This plaque has been replaced with a similar plaque, re-branded to prom...
James Braidwood
What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a...
Other Subjects
Walter Osborne
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Malta Siege
According to Wikipedia Malta has been besieged four times. For the reason of "disambiguation" - this is the one in WW2. This timeline has been transcribed from the memorial: June 1940: Italy dec...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
42nd Royal Highlanders
Infantry regiment of the British army. Originally a militia raised to build a network of roads, it became known as the Black Watch because of the dark green tartan with which they were issued. It w...
1 memorial
G. W. Diggerson, Jnr.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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