Auxiliary Fire Servicewoman killed in the air raid on Ricardo Street School. ScarletBoy has a page of information about Ridd.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Joan Mary Ridd
Commemorated ati
Ricardo Street School air raid - AFS plaque
In memory of five members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service killed by enem...
Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque
Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Arthur Wenborne Ernest Hyde Walter Har...
Other Subjects
Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead
Canadian firefighter and competitive diver. A section leader from Saskatoon, he died while training in Hampshire. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research and also found the photo: Section L...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Albert William Mears
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Albert William Mears was born on 5 January 1909 at 11 Flint Avenue, Bromley by Bow, Pop...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Pageants Wharf fire station
In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...
1 memorial
Fireman Colin Comber
Called to attend a fire in a restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, he entered the building in breathing apparatus, along with his colleague Fireman Peter Brian O'Connell Hutchins, to locate the s...
1 memorial
PC Alfred Smith
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...
War dead non-military, WW1
2 memorials
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