Group    From 1949 

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 with ensuring the safety of the millions of people who use and work on the railways. BTP also polices the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro tram system, Croydon Tramlink, Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway and the London Cable Car. The force is funded primarily by the rail industry.

The modern organisation was created in 1949.

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British Transport Police

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Southall rail crash - memorial garden

The plaque is just inside the garden.

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Reuben Norman

Reuben Norman

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - auxiliary ambulance driver. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Reuben Norman was born in 1920. He married his wife, Frances, and they had on...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Capt. J. Calvin Lines

Capt. J. Calvin Lines

John Calvin Lines, District Treasurer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1923. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
S. J. Warren

S. J. Warren

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1900-1945. Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Arthur James Jones

Arthur James Jones

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Arthur James Jones was born on 16 April 1893.  Electoral registers from 1931 onward sh...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
J. Parsons

J. Parsons

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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1 memorial

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E2, Cyprus Street, 76 - 78

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London County Council

London County Council

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285 memorials
Mary Seacole Trust

Mary Seacole Trust

From the Trust's website: "We want British society to become fairer, more inclusive and more harmonious. We believe that overcoming exclusion and increasing participation by promoting equality of b...

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1 memorial
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland) married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the man who would become George VI when his elder brother Edward VIII abdicated. ...

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Christ's Hospital

Christ's Hospital

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8 memorials