From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for two days and destroyed most of the nearby buildings. It was the greatest test of the new London Fire Engine Establishment. The whole force was mobilised to fight the blaze, including its head, James Braidwood, who was killed when a wall fell on him. It was a full two weeks before the remaining embers were finally doused."
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Great fire of Tooley Street
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Great fire of Tooley Street
2021: This plaque has been replaced with a similar plaque, re-branded to prom...
James Braidwood
What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a...
Other Subjects
Sapper John Sexton
John Sexton was born on 28 August 1884 in Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland, the second of the eight children of John Sexton (1847-1925) and Mary Sexton née Flanagan (b.1858). In the 1901 census h...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Charles William Jackman
Charles William Jackman was born on 16 November 1912, the elder son of Charles Jackman (1881-1937) and Marion Frances Jackman née Barnard (1888-1937), his birth being registered in the 4th quarter ...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
E. Frier
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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