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 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, actor, lived here. Born 1853, died 1937.
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
In our photo the plaque can be seen through the gap in the railings, laid into the ground in front of the grass.
This building stands on the site of Swan Wharf which in the nineteenth century was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn'. Th...
The walls of both platforms are adorned with information boards giving the history of the railway in text and pictures. We are guessing ...
Artist. Former president of the British Association for Modern Mosaic.
Born Dover. In WW1 served with the Royal Engineers in France. Other London works include: a war memorial at St John, Hackney, the Hornsey County School War Memorial now housed in the Crouch End To...
In 2022 Philip Broke told us that the plaque on this house is blue not purple. We revisited and we have added our photo here. The blue pl...
Ghost Bikes provides a lot of info on James. He worked at Mosquito Bikes on Essex Road and was the inspiration for the original Ghost Cycle website in the UK.
Born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Met Prince William when they were both students at the University of St. Andrews. Married him on 29 April 2011.
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