The Firefighters Memorial Trust provides on-line access to the national list of names of firefighters who have lost their lives in the course of their duty, at any time.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
firefighters who died in Britain fighting fires (in WW2)
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National Firefighters memorial
Two figures in the sculpture are based on a photograph, “A relief crew dampin...
Other Subjects
Councillor Leonard Pearl
Leonard Pearl was born on 6 August 1908 in Mile End, London, one of at least nine children of David Pearl (1886-1919) and Rachel Pearl née Solomon (1868-1934). In the 1911 census he is shown as liv...
Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel
George Henry Weinel was born on 24 December 1884, the youngest of the nine children of Philip Jacob Weinel (1843-1902) and Ellen Weinel née Shepperdson (1842-1908). His birth was registered in the ...
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
A brigade under the command of Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski, created in Scotland, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British go...