Erection date: 2000
Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, 1830 - 1908, first chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade lived here, 1878 - 1891.
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SE1, Southwark Bridge Road, 94, Winchester House
This building was part of the complex London Fire Brigade's HQ and Training Centre.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eyre Massey Shaw
The London Fire Engine Establishment, formed in 1833 under the leadership of ...
Soldier and fire brigade chief. Probably born at Glenmore Cottage, Ballymore,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Eyre Massey Shaw
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
Will Hay, 1888 - 1949, comic actor and astronomer, lived here, 1927 - 1934. English Heritage
In a 2012 European Trade Union Institute publication concerning firefighters' working conditions we found: "The motto "save or die trying...
2024: Central YMCA sold and will close to members in February 2025.
Hoyland was interviewed by Charles Booth regarding this mission on 2 February 1900.
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