Erection date: 17/7/2019
Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of {list of 5 names - see Subjects commemorated} of the London Fire Brigade who gave their lives in the line of duty at Dudgeons Wharf, London, 17th July 1969.
Unveiled on the 50th anniversary of the fire.
E14, Sextant Avenue, Thames Path
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dudgeon's Wharf explosion - red plaque
J. & W. Dudgeon were shipbuilders on the Thames. The company passed throu...
The London Fire Engine Establishment, formed in 1833 under the leadership of ...
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched...
Terence Joseph Patrick Breen was born on 19 May 1932, his birth being registe...
Fireman killed in the Dudgeon's Wharf explosion. Andrew Behan has researched...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dudgeon's Wharf explosion - red plaque
From their website: "The FBU is one of the UK’s oldest specialist trade union...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Dudgeon's Wharf explosion - red plaque
The unveiling of this plaque was reported in the East London Advertiser of 24...
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived here until 1911. Heath and Old Hampstead Society
We don't normally collect memorials inside buildings but this one is rather touching. Austere and classical in style with none of the fo...
The West Square Residents Association has provided an excellent history of this Square on a notice board at the gate. We have transcribed...
On this site stood the Odeon cinema 1935 - 1982 a classic example of the Odeon art deco style. Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996...
Andrew Motion was commissioned to write a poem for this garden. It is cut (in a very interesting way) into the low concrete wall around ...
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