Nationwide fire service created during WW2 from the amalgamation of the wartime Auxiliary Fire Service and the many local authority fire brigades. After the war it was split into brigades again under local authority control.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Fire Service / NFS
Commemorated ati
Old Palace School - WW2 bomb
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque ...
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N. A. Horlocx
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Herbert Stewart
Promoted to Major-General after his service at Abu Klea, Sudan. Born at Sparsholt, Hampshire. Died travelling from Khartoum to Korti and was buried near the wells at Jakdul.
1 memorial
Admiral Robert Blake
Admiral. The date given is his baptism, in Bridgwater, Somerset where there is now a museum and a statue. First fought for Cromwell in the army and was then appointed "General at Sea". 1652-3 he wa...
3 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Wat Tyler
Leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.
3 memorials
1 memorial
Jaspar Latham
Master mason who worked with Christopher Wren in the City of London after the Great Fire. His masterpiece is considered the funeral monument to Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677) in St John the...
2 memorials
Bishop Beilby Porteus
Born York. Bishop of London 1787 - 1809. The first senior church official to support the abolition of slavery. Died at Fulham Palace.
1 memorial
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