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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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F. W. Holiday

F. W. Holiday

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. Sherwin

F. Sherwin

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Major Matthew Meiklejohn, VC

Major Matthew Meiklejohn, VC

Gained his VC, and lost his right arm, as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in South Africa at the battle of Elandslaagte, during the Boer War. He died following a fall from his h...

Person, Armed Forces, Scotland, South Africa

1 memorial
A. Lewin

A. Lewin

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Harry Norton Schofield, VC

Harry Norton Schofield, VC

Captain in the Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 15th December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso during the Second Boer War. 

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War served, Other war
1 memorial