The idea of the fire fighters volunteering to assist Britain was developed between the British government and the then Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King.
The Canadian fire fighters museum website says that actually, 422 men volunteered for service. Before the corps returned home in late 1944, thousands of people lined the streets in London to watch them march to take the salute in front of Canada House.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Canadian Firefighters
{On the floral emblem:} Canada fire fighters. In memory of three members of ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Royal Navy Fleet Paymaster. The National Archives has a reference with the same name and profession (appointed 18/3/1856), so it seems almost certain that this is the same person. Digital Spy Foru...
Famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, fending off the German air attack on Britain.
L.C.C. John Hughlings Jackson, (1835 - 1911), physician, lived here.
Politician and army officer. Born Henry Sidney (or Sydney) in Paris. Entered parliament in 1679 and was one of the group known as 'The Immortal Seven', who invited William of Orange to take the thr...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, Ireland, Netherlands
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Built the first planned Admiralty Office in 1695. Became Navy Board Purveyor.
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