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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Marjorie Winifred Davies

Marjorie Winifred Davies

Auxiliary firewoman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out further research: Auxiliary Firewoman Marjorie Winifred Davies was born on 18 O...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Leonard Roots

Leonard Roots

Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Leading Fireman Leonard Roots was bor...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Fireman Albert Arthur Turner
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Robert J. Deans

Robert J. Deans

Auxiliary Fireman Robert John Deans was born on 8 January 1913 in West Ham, London, the ninth of the eleven children of Thomas Bell Deans (1868-1927) and Emily Louisa Deans née Stevenson (1870-1952...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Keithroy Maynard

Keithroy Maynard

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Firefighter Keithroy Marcellus Maynard was born on 22 January 1971 in Montserrat, a UK Dependency in The C...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy, Caribbean Islands, USA

1 memorial