Person    | Male  Died 10/9/1940

John Whittaker Dilworth

Categories: Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

John Whittaker Dilworth

Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar.

From the Hindle House Memorial Project: "John Whittaker-Dilworth lived at 107 Hindle House, Arcola Street, Hackney E8 with his wife Hilda Dilworth. He was employed in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) in Bethnal Green."

He was 26. Just 8 days after John's death a bomb fell on the flats where he and Hilda lived, killing 7 of their neighbours. It's difficult to imagine Hilda's state of mind at this time; and many people in London were experiencing similar or worse events.

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John Whittaker Dilworth

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Poplar firemen

AFS London In memory of fifteen members of the Auxiliary Fire Service killed...

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