Event    From 22/6/1861  To 7/7/1861

Great fire of Tooley Street

Categories: Armed Forces, Commerce, Tragedy

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."

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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...

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James Braidwood

What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a...

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Lieutenant Denis Richard Anthony Daly

Lieutenant Denis Richard Anthony Daly

Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this soldier: Born Maidenhead, Berkshire, the son of Denis Joseph Daly and Valerie Margaret Daly, née Stirling-Stuart. He married Nichola F Barc...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
F. C. Wheatley

F. C. Wheatley

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
L. Lassman

L. Lassman

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
M. G. Yonge

M. G. Yonge

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
S. K. Golder

S. K. Golder

Member of the office staff of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces, Music / songs

War dead, WW1
1 memorial