Person    | Male  Born 4/5/1968  Died 20/7/2004

Bill Faust (Billy)

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

Died with Adam Meere in a fire in Bethnal Green, which started in the basement of a children's clothes shop, Sohan and Sons, and spread to the flat above. Operating out of Whitechapel Fire Station, they attended the fire and rescued two men, who lived there, from the flat roof of the 3 storey building. Born Wandsworth, married Michelle E. Allen in 1997 in Merton. They had three children. Died aged 36, having been a fireman for seven years.

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Bill Faust (Billy)

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Faust and Meere - E1

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Faust and Meere - E2

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Highgate Cemetery - Fire - R15 - Faust & Meere

Ff. Bill Faust, Ff. Adam Meere. 20.7.2004, Bethnal Green Road, E2.

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