We will remember them,
Station Officer - L. W. G. Wilson
Auxiliary Freman - F. Mitchell
who gave their lives at Soho Fire Station on 7th October 1940.
W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho Fire Station, 126
These plaques are all inside and normally inaccessible but, for the 2018 Pride in London Soho fire station held an open day and we took our opportunity.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Soho Fire Station - Wilson and Mitchell
The picture source provides: "On the evening of Oct. 7, 1940, Soho fire stati...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Auxiliary Fireman - one of two men (with L. W. G. Wilson) who gave their live...
Station Officer - One of two men (with Frederick Mitchell) who gave their li...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Soho Fire Station - Wilson and Mitchell
In a 2012 European Trade Union Institute publication concerning firefighters'...
From Emergency we know that this plaque was erected on or before 19 July 2017.
The Independent reported the unveiling. We thank our colleague Alan Patient for these photos.
Site of St. Benet Gracechurch, demolished 1876. The Corporation of the City of London
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar Allan Poe Society
Francisco de Miranda 1750 - 1816 lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he was the forerunner of the i...
