The school was used as a fire sub-station. It received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb; Our photograph shows a hole in the floor of a classroom on the second floor. Twelve firefighters were trapped in the debris, with five losing their lives.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ricardo Street School bombing
In memory of five members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service killed by enem...
Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Arthur Wenborne Ernest Hyde Walter Har...
Auxiliary Fireman Alan Charles Barber was born 15 May 1914 in West Norwood, Surrey, the son of William Charles Edward Barber (1881-1967) and Ethel Barber née Langton (b.1882). His father was a Car...
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - auxiliary ambulance driver. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research:Â Victor Ronald Tidder was born on 3 February 1908 in Bow, the eighth of the te...
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.
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man:Â Auxiliary Fireman Leslie Thomas Healey was born...
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...
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