Born Poplar. A firefighter in WW2 he became Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade. In 1955 he moved to Australia where he set up firefighting and safety centres in Australasia and in Beirut.
West Ham Fire brigade and National Fire Service 1925 - 1955. Awarded the O.B.E.
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Cyril Demarne
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Cyril Demarne
Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...
Beaten and stabbed to death by a mob during large scale rioting. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. From an article in the Guardian: Constables Blakelock and Coombes were attacked ...
One of five fire-watchers killed on the night bombs fell on Chelsea Old Church and the surrounding area. Aged seventeen and very tall for his age. He was waiting to go up to Cambridge but talking ...
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - auxiliary ambulance driver. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Cyril Eugene Jacobs was born on 29 July 1894. The 1939 England and Wales Re...
Superintendent of Stores in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1913.
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Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Cyril John Hawthorn was born 23 April 1909, the third of the four sons of Elwin Hawthor...
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