The London Salvage Corps was set up after the Tooley Street Fire of 1861.
Their job was to rescue valuables from fire, protect goods from damage by water, etc. to minimise the claims submitted to the insurance companies. The London salvage corps uniform was much the same as the fire brigade uniform, it had white fronts to the collar to distinguish them.
It was established in January 1866 and was disbanded after 118 years of service in April 1984.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Salvage Corps
On this site stood the headquarters of the London Salvage Corps, 1907 to 1960.
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1911-1942. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Edith Bacon was born on 20 January 1895 in Catfield, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, one of the eleven children of Philip Arthur Gillings Bacon (1859-1926) and Edith Bacon née Pollard (1859-1936). Her bir...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1950. Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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