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13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

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32 firemen and 2 firewomen, including:  Hilda Dupree, Winifred Peters, three crews from Beckenham along with several other more local crews from Hackney and Homerton. More information at Firemen Remembered.

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13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed

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Old Palace School - WW2 bomb

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W. J. Burningham

W. J. Burningham

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
R. D. Newson

R. D. Newson

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
L. J. Stredwick

L. J. Stredwick

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
P. C. Garland

P. C. Garland

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
James Richard Stanhope

James Richard Stanhope

He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second Boer War. Entering the House of Lords on the death of his father, he became 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope. 

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, South Africa

1 memorial

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Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Our Lady of the Assumption Deptford

Originally founded as a mission in 1842, it was built to serve the local Catholic community, many of whom had come from Ireland to work on the railways and in the shipyards. 

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation

Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation

Initially called 'sha'arhashamayim', the Gate of Heaven, this was the first professing Jewish community in the British Isles to be established in modern times (following the expulsion) and formed t...

Group, Community / Clubs, Religion, Portugal, Spain

4 memorials
William Morris Co-Operative Society

William Morris Co-Operative Society

Wimbledon Labour Hall Co-operative Society Limited was registered in 1921.  We understand this formal organisation is also known as the William Morris Co-Operative Society and was formed to manage ...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Greenwich and Deptford History Trail

Greenwich and Deptford History Trail

This is a trail that has gone cold. We know of two other plaques which are part of it (Our Lady of the Assumption and Deptford Broadway), but none of the local libraries has full details.

Place, History

3 memorials
Wimbledon Society / John Evelyn Society

Wimbledon Society / John Evelyn Society

Founded by Richardson Evans and others, to 'safeguard the amenities of the Wimbledon district and to promote an interest in local history and wildlife'. It was originally known as the John Evelyn C...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, History

6 memorials