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A. Best

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A. Best
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

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A. Best

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London Fire Brigade - Highgate Cemetery

The 104 names on the marble plaques are of men who either lost their lives, o...

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Sir Julian Stephen Alfred Hodge

Sir Julian Stephen Alfred Hodge

Julian Stephen Alfred Hodge was born 15 October 1904 in Camberwell, the second of the seven children of Alfred Edward Hodge (1882-1950) and Jane Emily Hodge née Simcocks (1877-1946). His birth was ...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Emergency Services, Channel Islands, Wales

1 memorial
Auxiliary Firewoman Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett

Auxiliary Firewoman Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett

Firewoman with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Killed during an air-raid at Cubitt Town School which was being used as an emergency depot. She was aged 18. Joan Fanny Mary Bliss Bartlett was born on 2...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Yvonne Fletcher

Yvonne Fletcher

Semley, Wiltshire was the home of Yvonne Fletcher until she became a Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police. She was shot while on duty outside the Libyan Embassy in St James Square, London an...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

2 memorials
William C. Plant

William C. Plant

Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman William Charles Plant was bor...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Capt. Laurence L. Franks

Capt. Laurence L. Franks

District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1903-1950. A/Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial