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Auxiliary Firemen Victor Bruce Wratten

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 Firemen Victor Bruce Wratten

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

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

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