Person    | Male  Born 7/2/1905  Died 28/1/2007

Cyril Demarne

Categories: Emergency Services

Countries: Australia

War served, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW2.

Born Poplar. A firefighter in WW2 he became Chief Officer of the West Ham Fire Brigade. In 1955 he moved to Australia where he set up firefighting and safety centres in Australasia and in Beirut.

West Ham Fire brigade and National Fire Service 1925 - 1955. Awarded the O.B.E. 

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cyril Demarne

Commemorated ati

Plaistow Road WW2 air attack

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

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Cyril Demarne

Creations i

National Firefighters memorial

Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...

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Other Subjects

Frederick Hall

Frederick Hall

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - warden. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Frederick Hall was born on 22 December 1901 in Poplar, the youngest of the five children of Henry...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Percy C. Aitchison

Percy C. Aitchison

Auxiliary Fireman Percy Charles Aitchison was born on 2 February 1914 in Brockley, London, a son of Robert Imrie Aitchison (1876-1964) and Eugenie Louise Sarah Aitchison née Demolice (1874-1939). H...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Fm. Benjamin Mansbridge
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Leading Fireman Albert Henry Spiller
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Stanley Short

Stanley Short

Leading Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941.  Stanley Short was born on 1 November 1904, the son Henry John Short (1873-1956) and Charlotte Short née H...

Person, Emergency Services, South Africa

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials