Person    | Male  Died 1/11/1940

Arthur Henry Wenborne

Categories: Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Arthur Henry Wenborne

Auxiliary Fire Serviceman killed in the air raid on Ricardo Street School.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Arthur Henry Wenborne

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Ricardo Street School air raid - AFS plaque

In memory of five members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service killed by enem...

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Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque

Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Arthur Wenborne Ernest Hyde Walter Har...

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