Erection date: 15/4/2018
George A. Roberts, BEM, 1890 to 1970, First World War soldier, Second World War leading fireman, West Indies community leader, worked here from 1939.
LFB London Fire Brigade
George Roberts was stationed here during WW2.
Site: George Arthur Roberts - New Cross (1 memorial)
SE14, Queens Road, 266, New Cross fire station
Fire station, 1891-4, by the Fire Brigade Section of the London County Council Architect's Department (chief architect Robert Pearsall). The foundation stone was laid in April 1893. Altered 1912 (the Waller Road range was remodelled and enlarged) and 1958 (two original appliance bays were increased to three, and the openings widened and remodelled). As the command centre of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade’s ‘D’ Division the station was built to accommodate the divisional superintendent, a station foreman, eight married and eight unmarried firemen, as well as two coachmen and stabling for four horses.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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