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Group    From 1938  To 1968

Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

Categories: Emergency Services

Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

The was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service and was superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the Civil Defence Corps, forming part of the UK's planned emergency response to a nuclear attack. It was disbanded in the UK in 1968.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

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Canadian WW2 firefighters

{On the floral emblem:} Canada fire fighters. In memory of three members of ...

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Chelsea Firefighters

This plaque is in the same style as others erected by Firemen Remembered, alt...

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Fireman Sidney Alfred Holder

Blitzwalkers give a good description of the incident. The AFS squad sent to ...

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Firemen Randolph & Skinner

This plaque was rededicated to the memory of the two firemen in a ceremony on...

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Firewoman Yvonne Green

AFS, London. In memory of auxiliary firewoman, Yvonne Green, who died near t...

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Balham firefighters

The plaque is located behind a high exterior wall which makes it difficult to...

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Beckenham Auxiliary firemen

Those killed at Old Palace School are also commemorated (not by name) on a pl...

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Cubitt Town School air raid

{Beneath the AFS symbol:} In memory of auxiliary firewomen Joan Fanny Bartlet...

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Plaistow Road WW2 air attack

Our colleague Andrew Behan points out the following errors on this plaque: Fi...

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Poplar firemen

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

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F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS

F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS

Medical Board in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1889-1894.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
D. H. Lone

D. H. Lone

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Sam Osborn, FRCS

Sam Osborn, FRCS

District Chief Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1907. Knight Grace in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Victor Baldessarre

Victor Baldessarre

Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man and first needs to comment on the spelling of the surname: The Firefighte...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Cecil J. R. MacFadden, OBE, MD

Cecil J. R. MacFadden, OBE, MD

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1903-1930. Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial