Leading Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Stanley Short was born on 1 November 1904, the son Henry John Short (1873-1956) and Charlotte Short née H...
One of five fire-watchers killed on the night bombs fell on Chelsea Old Church and the surrounding area. Optical lens maker at Gregory Bottley & Co. Had been with the firm since leaving school....
Auxiliary Fireman Harry Richard Skinner was born on 8 December 1908 in Southwark, the third of the six children of John William Skinner (1874-1934) and Louise Skinner née Spratley (1879-1959). His ...
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Smee: Fireman Alfred Charles Smee was born on 16 September 1921 and his birth was registered in Islington. He was the t...
From Islington Tribune: "PC Smith heard the German Gotha G.V aircraft approaching and warned panicking factory workers in Central Street, Finsbury, to stay inside. He died when a bomb exploded a fe...
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Edward Henry Snook was born on 16 April 1904 in Limehouse, the seventh of the eleven ch...
This location has hosted 4 buildings important to the history of the London Fire Brigade. We’ll tell the story chronologically. In 1777 a new St Saviour’s workhouse, by George Gwilt the Elder, wa...
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