Person    | Male  Died 17/4/1941

Auxiliary Fireman Mervyn James Taylor

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.

Auxiliary Fireman Mervyn James Taylor

From the Sub Fire Station 6W, Cheyne Place. Died in a fire which took the lives of seven firemen, known as "The Wednesday".

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Auxiliary Fireman Mervyn James Taylor

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Chelsea Firefighters

This plaque is in the same style as others erected by Firemen Remembered, alt...

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Auxiliary Firewoman Violet Irene Pengelly

Auxiliary Firewoman Violet Irene Pengelly

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 19. Violet Irene Pengelly was born on 4 January ...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
British Transport Police

British Transport Police

A national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland. The force polices more than 10,000 miles of track and more than 3,000 stations and depots - tasked w...

Group, Emergency Services, Transport

1 memorial
Denis Gerald Fitzgerald

Denis Gerald Fitzgerald

Auxiliary Fireman Denis Gerald Fitzgerald was born on 20 June 1912 in Croydon, Surrey, the son of William Fitzgerald (b.1886) and Mabel Annie Fitzgerald née Theobald (1887-1958). He was baptised on...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Victor Harold Legg

Victor Harold Legg

Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Fireman Victor Harold Legg was born on 21 January 190...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Colin J. Townsley G.M., Station Officer

Colin J. Townsley G.M., Station Officer

The officer in charge of Red Watch at Soho Fire Station. Died trying to rescue a woman from the blazing ticketing hall as the fire suddenly erupted. Fire-fighters attempting to re-enter the ticketi...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

3 memorials