Worshipful Company of Firefighters
A late-comer to the City guilds. Formed by Gerald Clarkson, in 1988. 13 June 1995 granted the status of a City Company without Livery. 23 October 2001 it became known as the Worshipful Company ...
Firefighters Memorial Trust
Originally established as 'The Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust Fund’ in a Deed dated 21st March 1991, it sought to commemorate the lives of those members of the Fire Service who were killed ...
firefighters who died in Britain fighting fires (in WW2)
The Firefighters Memorial Trust provides on-line access to the national list of names of firefighters who have lost their lives in the course of their duty, at any time.
Horatio Myer & Co.Ltd
Horatio Myer (7 June 1850 - 1 January 1916) was born Hereford, the son of a German Jewish immigrant. He moved to London and in 1876 in Vauxhall he set up business producing metal beds and later pr...
Nine Elms Motive Power
This depot was responsible for the locomotives working out of Waterloo. Locomotive, carriage and wagon workshops were built in 1839 in Vauxhall at the end of Nine Elms Lane. Rebuilt following an 18...
Southern Railway
Formed by the amalgamation of several railway companies, including: London South Western Railway, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway and South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Southern Railwa...
Circus Friends Association
Founded, as the Circus Fans' Association, in 1934 at Olympia, with the 'involvement and encouragement of Bertram Mills' Circus, to 'champion the cause of the circus in England, to right injustice, ...
Billy Smart's Circus
The first appearance of the Billy Smart Circus was at Southall Park.
Fulham Football Club
Football club. Formed as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School F.C. by worshippers in the church at Star Road, West Kensington. The club which plays at Craven Cottage in Fulham has spent twenty-f...
