Auxiliary fireman killed in an air raid on Poplar
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Richard Henry Butler
Commemorated ati
Poplar firemen
AFS London In memory of fifteen members of the Auxiliary Fire Service killed...
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Fm. Terence Breen
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched Breen: Fireman Terence Joseph Patrick Breen was born on 19 May 1932 and his birth was registered in Stepney. He was a s...
2 memorials
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Ernest John Purdy
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Ernest John Purdy was born on 24 May 1913 in Poplar, a twin with his sister, May Floren...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
George Arthur Roberts
Soldier and Fireman. Born in Trinidad, he was one of the first black men to join the British Army. In WW1, he earned a reputation for throwing bombs back over enemy lines and was nicknamed the 'Coc...
Person, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, France, Turkey
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials