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Surrey Theatre WW2 bomb

Inscription

{Symbols for: LFB, AFS London, AFS Mitcham}
In memory of eleven London Auxiliary Firemen, a Sub Officer of the London Fire Brigade and five Mitcham Auxiliary Firemen, killed by enemy action while relaying water from the basement of the demolished Surrey Theatre, which stood on this site and was then in use as an emergency water supply, to fires at the Elephant and Castle on the night of 10th/11th May 1941.
{List of 17 names - see Subjects commemorated.}

Site: Surrey Theatre WW2 bomb (1 memorial)

SE1, Blackfriars Road

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Surrey Theatre WW2 bomb

Subjects commemorated i

Surrey Theatre

Opened initially as the 'Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy'. B...

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Auxiliary Fire Service / AFS

The Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Se...

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London Fire Brigade

The London Fire Engine Establishment, formed in 1833 under the leadership of ...

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Auxiliary Fireman John William Frederick May Brazier

In the photograph Auxiliary Fireman John William Frederick May Brazier is in ...

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