Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar
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William Downes
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Poplar firemen
AFS London In memory of fifteen members of the Auxiliary Fire Service killed...
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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...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
W. G. Jacobs
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.
1 memorial
Metropolitan Police
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
13 memorials
W. J. Bintcliffe
Corps Treasurer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1908-1914.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Keith Blakelock
Beaten and stabbed to death by a mob during large scale rioting. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. From an article in the Guardian: Constables Blakelock and Coombes were attacked ...
1 memorial
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