Nationwide fire service created during WW2 from the amalgamation of the wartime Auxiliary Fire Service and the many local authority fire brigades. After the war it was split into brigades again under local authority control.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Fire Service / NFS
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Old Palace School - WW2 bomb
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque ...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
E. J. Stanley
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Bdsm. Keith John Powell
Born Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Married with two children he died, aged 24 years, and was buried in Plot E.114, Rawmarsh Cemetery, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
G. W. Fusedale
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900. Died of pneumonia at Newcastle, South Africa.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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St Luke's Church - Charlton
Mentioned as early as 1077, the present church was built with funds left by Charlton House's owner Sir Adam Newton. Spencer Perceval is buried here.
1 memorial
Dudgeon's Wharf explosion
J. & W. Dudgeon were shipbuilders on the Thames. The company passed through several hands, eventually becoming a large complex of oil storage tanks, but retaining Dudgeon's name. Amazingly they...
2 memorials
Pool of London Partnership
From City of London : The Pool of London Partnership was established in 1996 and operated in an area stretching East from London Bridge to the Butler's Wharf / St. Katherine's Dock area and include...
9 memorials
Fawcett frieze - 43, Sheehy-Skeffington
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
1 subject commemorated
Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 8 August 1917, age 28, while serving in the Royal Navy. "With his ship under attack from an enemy submarine he continued to man his gun and direct effective fire. ...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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